Prince Acherampong

As Ward Manager for Byron Ward, a secure forensic mental health unit, I provide clinical, operational, and strategic leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and recovery-focused care for patients with complex mental health needs within a secure environment. I am responsible for the day-to-day management of the ward, including oversight of risk management, safeguarding, and compliance with relevant legislation such as the Mental Health Act. I lead a multidisciplinary team, promoting a culture of accountability, professionalism, and continuous improvement while ensuring high standards of care, patient dignity, and therapeutic engagement. My role involves coordinating care pathways, supporting rehabilitation and risk reduction, and facilitating safe transitions through the secure care pathway. I also manage staffing, resource allocation, clinical governance, incident review, and quality assurance processes to maintain regulatory standards. Additionally, I contribute to service development, staff supervision, and workforce development, ensuring that staff are well-supported, competent, and equipped to meet the needs of a forensic population. I work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including community teams, criminal justice agencies, and families, to support positive patient outcomes and public safety.

Lead and manage the staff by ensuring that they work collaboratively, to manage their client caseloads. Empowering their clients in line with Maison Moti’s values, making a positive difference to people lives that we support. Ensure compliance in line with the service outcomes and contractual requirements ensuring appropriate records are maintained and striving to provide an outstanding service for both the residents and the organisation. I strive to maintain good working relations and represent Maison Moti’s positively and progressively in dealings with a range of external stakeholders. I champion and celebrate good practice to excite and enhance further great working. I monitor and ensure the proper application of Maison Moti’s policies and procedures and play a key role in ensuring the financial sustainability of the service. As service, I oversee the service operations and ensure that staff operate in accordance with all the company’s policies and procedures. I further have the responsibility to ensure the service delivery is in accordance with the service specification and other relevant legislation/regulations. I manage staff to deliver high quality care and support services that meet the needs our service. I am task to provide day to day support, advice, and guidance to the supported accommodation team. I participate in more complex needs and risk assessments and support reviews where required. And foster sound working relationships with other relevant statutory voluntary agencies. I participate in the annual service review of the project and provide reports, information, and statistics as and when required by senior managers. I provide day to day line management of the supported housing services team managers including management of the 24/7 staff rota. I work in collaboration with HR and take an active role in staff recruitment, induction, and training. I manage staff absence, staff performance including conduct, capability and participates in staff disciplinary proceedings, this involves carrying out periodic and annual staff performance reviews. I am responsible for day-to-day expenditure within an authorised budget and ensure accurate records of transactions are maintained. o ensure excellent records are maintained in accordance with Maison Moti’s policies and procedures, the requirements of commissioners and other regulatory organisations using IT systems for recording and producing information where relevant. I attend meetings and represent Maison Moti’s where required to do so. I create and encourage a working environment in which diversity is valued and advocates for a culture of continuous improvement within all areas of work.

As a service manager, I am responsible for ensuring that the running of a service is done in line with Build on Belief mission to offer a place where clients users and volunteers can get on-going peer support from others with similar experiences through a range of activities, in line with Build on Belief Core Values and abiding by the Policies and Procedures of Build on Belief and the Build on Belief Standards of Practice and Operational Guidelines (hereafter referred to as SOPOG). • Management of a small staffing team and in charge of ensuring that the Service Support Workers, Team Leaders, Facilitators and Volunteers work within the Policies and Procedures applicable to the team an organisation. • Oversee the supervision of Service Support Workers and the Team Leaders. • Financial management budgeting and the reportage of the day to day running of the service in accordance with the Build on Belief operational policies and principles. • Accountable for all petty cash activities in the service centre ensuring the following: • All financial matter relating to petty cash and vouchers are undertaken in line with the guidelines set down in the SOPOG. • For the reporting of all financial matters to the Chief Operating Officer within the timelines set down in the SOPOG. • For accurate and immediate reporting of any financial irregularities to the Chief Operating Officer within 24 hours of them coming to notice. • Work closely with operation managers, head of service and external stakeholders. • Answerable to work in partnership with the service providers ensuring an effective and constructive relationship with them as well as engagement with the local community, in compliance with relevant and applicable protocols and Code of Conduct making sure all issues and incidents are reported to the Chief Executive. • Champion community engagement and liaison work to represent Build on Belief and promote the service-to-service users and service professionals in the Borough, ensuring access to any service user who might benefit from the project.

As Recruitment Consultant and advisor Consultant my role was to fills vacant job positions that match ‘potential candidates with appropriate employers. My duties include advertising job vacancies, reviewing CVs and interviewing applicants. As Recruitment Consultant and advisor. I was also involved in generating new business opportunities, finding new clients and new job seekers. Some of my primary duties and responsibilities include: • Screening prospective job applicants to evaluate their skills and qualifications • Entering job applicants’ CVs and contact details into the company database for future reference • Ensuring that potential job candidates are an excellent match for the client company • Producing and posting job adverts that attract appropriate candidates • Cold calling companies to promote recruitment services • Meeting with new clients to develop and expand business opportunities • Headhunting specific candidates for high-end job roles, such as senior management positions • Achieving recruitment quotas and business development targets each month • Prepare and advice candidates on appropriate career path as part of personal and professional development. • Work closely with HR, quality assurance and compliance department. • Work closely with nominated Universities to support enrolment of new students.

Chair of multi-disciplinary team meeting • Support the CRHT Manager in the provision of professional and managerial leadership within the CRHT service, to ensure its services are integrated with and responsive to local service needs. • Support management of the CRHT staff, comprising of Mental Health Practitioners and Administration staff. This includes supporting the manager in the planning and maintaining services whilst applying best value principles in the use of resources. • Support in the management of resources, systems and processes which deliver the immediate crisis assessment at the location to which the crisis is occurring (outreach service). This includes screening, assessing and signposting service. • Ensure full compliance in the CRHT service with all employment legislation and associated codes of practice. • Ensure in conjunction with appropriate lead professionals that practice within the CRHT service meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, and safe and follows agreed professional practice. This requires leading on, when delegated specific tasks, development and monitoring of policies, and procedures that ensure compliance with best practice requirements of the Trust in line with strategic policies and operational procedures. • Positively promote effective and harmonious relationships between staff, developing a high-quality customer care ethos. Work collaboratively with all relevant departments and Trust services and with external partners, developing positive relationships with local GPs, Local Authorities, service commissioners, service users and carers and third sector agencies. • Manage sensitive situations thus ensuring smooth and productive relationships with referrers, patients, carers, external and internal Trust services. Contentious issues can be referred to the CRHT Manager for guidance and advice.