Job summary
Post Title
Care Coordinator
Service/Ward/Department
Community Mental Health Teams
Borough
Tameside - South Division
Band & salary scale
Band 5
Hours of work
37.5 hours
Role Summary:
An opportunity has arisen within the West Community Mental Health Team for a RMN/Social Worker/ OT to join us as a band 5 care coordinator in providing integrated health and social care to people of working age who have moderate to severe mental health problems across a wide range of presenting conditions. The post will be based with the West team which covers Denton, Audenshaw, Dukinfield and Droylsden.
Consideration would be given to a newly qualified RMN/Social Worker or OT
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
RMN: Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist
Experience in a Community Mental Health Team setting
Current driving license or supported driver with use of vehicle.
"We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments to regulated and controlled activities will require an enhanced DBS disclosure."
Informal Contact: Claire Thomas
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities of the Post:
- To be responsible for the co-ordination, commissioning and personal delivery of individual packages of care for a caseload of service users within our secondary service.
- To supervise more junior members of staff
About us
There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills, interventions and case management through a personal development and training plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- To act as Care Co-ordinator under the supervision of a more experienced colleague.
- To carry a caseload and work with evidence based interventions to include:
- Assessment of need of the service users/carer
- Formulation of focused care plans
- Implementation of a plan of care for the service user
- Assessment and monitoring of risk
- Develop clear relapse recognition / prevention plans and share with MDT, service users and carers where appropriate
- To monitor, review and evaluate treatment and care in accordance with C.P.A. and carry out discharges.
- Provide comprehensive assessment and care plans for carers and relatives / education and regular review / contact, under CPA. Work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, referring agent, family/carer and service user, where appropriate.
- To offer initial mental health and social care assessments to those newly referred to the service, initially, under supervision of a more experienced colleague.
- Partake in daily clinical meetings and systems and zoning meetings.
- Maintain a persistent and consistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health difficulties.
- To work in a therapeutically informed way within the multi-disciplinary team to address the needs of service users with complex emotional disorders.
- Have the capacity to prioritise and work flexibly with MDT in order to respond to rapidly changing clinical needs.
- To promote the physical health of service users.
- Provide safe medication knowledge and assessment of side effects
- To carry out clinic duties such as the Clozaril/ administration of depot injections either in the service users home or in the clinics where relevantly professionally qualified.
- To carry out designated responsibilities under the organisations safeguarding Adults/ Children policies.
- To receive regularly both managerial and clinical supervision.
- Supervise Community Support Workers as appropriate to implement elements the care plan.
- to maintain accurate, up to date electronic care records of all service users referred and receiving assessment, care treatment and support.
Communication and Relationship Skills
- Maintain excellent communication with service users on their health and social care plan and inform relatives on progress as appropriate.
- Maintain excellent communication and provide guidance to, Assistant Practitioners/Support Workers as appropriate, on the health and social care needs of patients.
- Communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team involved in the care of the service user.
- Assess and respond appropriately to aggressive behaviour.
- Make appropriate referrals to other departments and agencies.
Education and Training
- Participate in the supervision and assessment of students/learners on placement within the service.
- Maintain a personal development plan using a personal portfolio to ensure practice is based on best practice and up to date.
- Provide support to Assistant Practitioners/ Support Workers by providing work based training and development opportunities.
- To act as mentor and preceptor for Assistant Practitioners/support workers as appropriate.
- Attend further training as identified with the line manager through annual appraisal and induction.
Administrative and Information Technology.
- Use information technology to support the care process for the benefit of the service users and their families through the recording relevant data.
- Record service user activity and interventions in a contemporaneous manner, whilst acting on this information as necessary.
- This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.
General Duties of all post holders
- To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff
- To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals and values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- To act as Care Co-ordinator under the supervision of a more experienced colleague.
- To carry a caseload and work with evidence based interventions to include:
- Assessment of need of the service users/carer
- Formulation of focused care plans
- Implementation of a plan of care for the service user
- Assessment and monitoring of risk
- Develop clear relapse recognition / prevention plans and share with MDT, service users and carers where appropriate
- To monitor, review and evaluate treatment and care in accordance with C.P.A. and carry out discharges.
- Provide comprehensive assessment and care plans for carers and relatives / education and regular review / contact, under CPA. Work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, referring agent, family/carer and service user, where appropriate.
- To offer initial mental health and social care assessments to those newly referred to the service, initially, under supervision of a more experienced colleague.
- Partake in daily clinical meetings and systems and zoning meetings.
- Maintain a persistent and consistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health difficulties.
- To work in a therapeutically informed way within the multi-disciplinary team to address the needs of service users with complex emotional disorders.
- Have the capacity to prioritise and work flexibly with MDT in order to respond to rapidly changing clinical needs.
- To promote the physical health of service users.
- Provide safe medication knowledge and assessment of side effects
- To carry out clinic duties such as the Clozaril/ administration of depot injections either in the service users home or in the clinics where relevantly professionally qualified.
- To carry out designated responsibilities under the organisations safeguarding Adults/ Children policies.
- To receive regularly both managerial and clinical supervision.
- Supervise Community Support Workers as appropriate to implement elements the care plan.
- to maintain accurate, up to date electronic care records of all service users referred and receiving assessment, care treatment and support.
Communication and Relationship Skills
- Maintain excellent communication with service users on their health and social care plan and inform relatives on progress as appropriate.
- Maintain excellent communication and provide guidance to, Assistant Practitioners/Support Workers as appropriate, on the health and social care needs of patients.
- Communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team involved in the care of the service user.
- Assess and respond appropriately to aggressive behaviour.
- Make appropriate referrals to other departments and agencies.
Education and Training
- Participate in the supervision and assessment of students/learners on placement within the service.
- Maintain a personal development plan using a personal portfolio to ensure practice is based on best practice and up to date.
- Provide support to Assistant Practitioners/ Support Workers by providing work based training and development opportunities.
- To act as mentor and preceptor for Assistant Practitioners/support workers as appropriate.
- Attend further training as identified with the line manager through annual appraisal and induction.
Administrative and Information Technology.
- Use information technology to support the care process for the benefit of the service users and their families through the recording relevant data.
- Record service user activity and interventions in a contemporaneous manner, whilst acting on this information as necessary.
- This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.
General Duties of all post holders
- To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff
- To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals and values.
Person Specification
person specification
Essential
- RMN-Registered Midwifery and Nursing Qualification to degree level/equivalent experience. Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the practitioner role resulting from legislative or service changes, as appropriate.
- Experience in a relevant area of mental health practice. Experience of Supervision
- Extensive knowledge of: Mental Health and Social Care Care Programme approach Mental Health Legislation
- oAbility to undertake the Care Co-ordinator role under the supervision as appropriate. oAbility to supervise and support Community Support Workers in meeting the needs of service users on their caseload. oAbility to provide professional expertise in the care of mental health service users. oAbility to provide advice to Assistant practitioners and support workers. oAbility to provide appropriate education and training to peers and assistants as appropriate. oExcellent written & verbal communication skills oAbility to communicate informally and develop supportive relationships with service users, carers and other professionals oAbility to communicate formally in meetings and in other contexts oAbility to prepare record and complete electronic documents and reports to a professional standard. oAbility to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team oAbility to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organisation oTo implement and utilise the supervision process. oAbility to value diversity and respond constructively to discriminatory behaviour oComputer literacy
- Current driving licence or supported driver with use of vehicle. Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
Desirable
- post registration training
- Experience of working with adult mental health service users in a community setting
- PSI Therapeutic /counselling skills Venepuncture trained
Person Specification
person specification
Essential
- RMN-Registered Midwifery and Nursing Qualification to degree level/equivalent experience. Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the practitioner role resulting from legislative or service changes, as appropriate.
- Experience in a relevant area of mental health practice. Experience of Supervision
- Extensive knowledge of: Mental Health and Social Care Care Programme approach Mental Health Legislation
- oAbility to undertake the Care Co-ordinator role under the supervision as appropriate. oAbility to supervise and support Community Support Workers in meeting the needs of service users on their caseload. oAbility to provide professional expertise in the care of mental health service users. oAbility to provide advice to Assistant practitioners and support workers. oAbility to provide appropriate education and training to peers and assistants as appropriate. oExcellent written & verbal communication skills oAbility to communicate informally and develop supportive relationships with service users, carers and other professionals oAbility to communicate formally in meetings and in other contexts oAbility to prepare record and complete electronic documents and reports to a professional standard. oAbility to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team oAbility to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organisation oTo implement and utilise the supervision process. oAbility to value diversity and respond constructively to discriminatory behaviour oComputer literacy
- Current driving licence or supported driver with use of vehicle. Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
Desirable
- post registration training
- Experience of working with adult mental health service users in a community setting
- PSI Therapeutic /counselling skills Venepuncture trained
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
