Job vacancy: Senior Psycho-social Support Worker, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Beckenham | trac.jobs

Job summary Main area Specialist Forensic Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour shift system) Job ref 334-NUR-7634208-FR Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site River House, Bethlem Royal Hospital Town Beckenham Salary £32,199 - £34,876 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 04/05/2026 23:59 Employer heading Senior Psycho-social Support Worker NHS AfC: Band 4 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives  in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology  to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers. The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working. Job overview An exciting opportunity for an experienced psycho-social support worker to develop skills in a specialist personality disorder service has arisen on Waddon Ward, River House. Waddon Ward is a 15 bedded medium secure male only ward. It is a specialist unit that admits those who have a significant violent and offending history as well as diagnosed with Personality Disorder. Waddon Ward is part of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPD), jointly commissioned by NHS England and The National Probation Service. The Violence Reduction Program is the main core treatment program on Waddon Ward which a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy  psychological approach. The post involves supporting the nursing team, taking on  the associate nurse role for a small case load and leading the team of psycho-social support workers.  You will have the opportunity to participate in the assessment of new patients and plan their treatment pathways. You will receive training and supervision required for the role. T