James Caplin Email & Phone Number

At Rethink Mental Health I have taken up the role as a Multidisciplinary Mental Health Advocate. Whilst I have adopted skills and experience from previous roles as well as the theoretical underpinnings through my academics, advocacy has provided another dimension to my understanding of support provided to service-users in the community by focusing on how mental health services work in conjunction with the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act. As a Multidisciplinary Mental Health Advocate, I have taken the responsibility of supporting various service-users in a multitude of supportive environments, including forensic wards, disorder specific wards as well as child and adolescent wards. It is here that I empower service-users by making them aware of what they are entitled to under the Mental Health Act and help them have their voice heard. This can involve challenging and appealing the section as well as attending ward rounds. Moreover, within this role I have experience adopted a client-led approach. As of February I have become the lead advocate in managing cases under the Mental Health Act across five different hospitals within the area’s the service is focused in.

London, England, United Kingdom

My responsibilities for this role were to support clients with the process of being discharged as well settling in back into the community post-discharge. Additionally, for individuals that may not have had a home to return to, I would be supportive in signposting individuals into temporary housing or to other services in the local community that can further assist these individuals.

Bromley, England, United Kingdom

As a Mental Health Floating Support Worker at Hestia, I have been fortunate enough to be able implement my knowledge that I gained from my Psychology Degree on a practical level. As I have embedded myself in the role, I have taken responsibility of multiple Service-Users with various complex needs and helped empower them through the in-person visits I have conducted. Additionally, I have experienced both the positive and negative aspects of mental health. In addition to empowering service-users and helping work through the recovery model, I have strengthened my admin skills and ensured I communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Furthermore, I have created safety plans that are concise and detailed to reflect the complexity of the service-user and their needs. These safety plans are then supported by in-depth support plan goals that promote the strengths of the service-user but also highlight their personal aspirations through their journey in the service. Additional responsibilities include the raising and reporting of safeguarding issues surrounding a service-user.

Bali, Indonesia

Msc Psychology And Neuroscience In Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, 2:1

Bsc Psychology With Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Debating society, football team, badminton

Education record

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Clinical Psychology, 2:1