Specialist Care Coordinator

Job overview

We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the Medway and Swale Early Intervention in Psychosis Mental Health service (EIP) as a Band 6 clinician covering Medway and Swale Areas. We are seeking a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with mental health experience for this role.

The role includes:

  • To manage a caseload of service users experiencing a first episode of psychosis using evidence-based / client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
  • To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver appropriate interventions/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
  • Good knowledge around medication Management
  • To provide a professional contribution to a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality mental health services which meet existing new policies, practice and standards.
  • Work with other professions within the service including: STR workers, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Pharmacist, Medics, Psychology and Individual Placement Support to ensure the service user is offered a range of support which meets the individuals and families needs.

Main duties of the job

  • Care Coordinators have caseloads sizes that allow for innovative and focused interventions in partnership with service users, families and support networks, promoting recovery, social inclusion and well-being in line with NICE guidelines
  • The Access and Waiting Time standards ensure that individuals are offered NICE concordant Interventions early in their treatment. Our service aims to work alongside individuals and their families by adopting strength and recovery-based approaches which maximise hope, self-determination, and empowerment. The service offers individual and family work, as well as various group work activities which includes linking in with organisations and resources with an increasing emphasis on collaborative working.
  • To work collaboratively with service users and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance while balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
  • To actively participate in North & West Kent EIP wide duty function. The successful candidate will be required to undertake the duty function at the EIP base in Canterbury and be required to facilitate assessments throughout DGS area.
  • To administer depot medication to service users as required
  • To attend CPAs and tribunals.
  • Good knowledge of CTOs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification:

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
  • Experience of working with service users with psychosis when acutely unwell
  • Experience and skills in clinical assessment
  • Experience and skills in risk assessment, formulation and management
  • Experience of working with service users with psychosis and their support network

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with relevant professional body registration

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Hold appropriate practice assessor/mentor qualification
  • Training or experience in facilitating/co facilitating in Family intervention work
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