Are you a qualified mental health nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, or psychologist ready to make a real difference in people's lives? As a Band 6 Care Coordinator within Southwark Community Mental Health Services, you'll play a key role in supporting individuals on their journey to recovery. This is your opportunity to lead care plans, deliver targeted interventions, and help service users overcome barriers and build on their strengths.
In this role, you'll manage your own caseload, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and develop recovery-focused solutions tailored to each individual's needs. You'll empower service users to take ownership of their care while ensuring they have access to the resources and support they need to thrive. Your professional expertise and compassionate approach will create lasting positive impacts in a diverse and dynamic community.
We're seeking professionals with clinical experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for working collaboratively to promote independence and wellbeing. If you're ready to bring your expertise to a supportive team that values your development, we'd love for you to join us. Take the next step in your career today!
Main duties of the job
Job Purpose:
Mental Health Practitioners will be based within a Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) or a Neighbourhood based Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds, they will undertake assessments of need and coordinate the development of sustainable recovery-focused care plans. They will provide practical support and carry out planned interventions to address assessed needs and to overcome barriers to access and social inclusion. Using a strengths-based approach they will support service users to develop their own solutions, minimising long-term dependence on services through self-directed support and promoting the take-up of personal budgets where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Significant knowledge, awareness and understanding of Mental Health Law, including legislation of relevance to the community sector including the Community Care Act (2015) treatment legislation, the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Community Treatment Orders (CTO).
2. To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload as part of the community team and lead and manage the work of others as required.
3. Coordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular reviews are held as required. This will include communication with other teams for example in-patient services through attendance at ward meetings and with interface services e.g. Addictions service and CAMHS services where appropriate.
4. Independently carrying out assessment, care planning and care coordination with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others' views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.
5. Leading meetings with community team members on a regular basis to discuss report and evaluate client care. Ensuring a flexible approach in care provision with focus on choice and social inclusion opportunities.
6. Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of service users with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.) escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary team.
About us
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
* Generous pay, pensions and leave: we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
* Work life balance: flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
* Career development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
* Car lease: our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
* Accommodation: our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites.
* NHS discounts: with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
* Other benefits include:
* Counselling services
* Wellbeing events
* Long service awards
* Cycle to work scheme
* Season ticket loan
* Childcare vouchers
* Staff restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities:
1. Significant knowledge, awareness and understanding of Mental Health Law, including legislation of relevance to the community sector including the Community Care Act (2015) treatment legislation, the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Community Treatment Orders (CTO).
2. To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload as part of the community team and lead and manage the work of others as required.
3. Coordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular reviews are held as required. This will include communication with other teams for example in-patient services through attendance at ward meetings and with interface services e.g. Addictions service and CAMHS services where appropriate.
4. Independently carrying out assessment, care planning and care coordination with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others' views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.
5. Leading meetings with community team members on a regular basis to discuss report and evaluate client care. Ensuring a flexible approach in care provision with focus on choice and social inclusion opportunities.
6. Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of service users with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.) escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential:
* Recognised Professional Qualification in Social Work (DipSW/CQSW), Mental Health Nursing (RMN), Occupational Therapy, Psychology or any allied medical profession.
* Mentorship qualification/practice placement educator or equivalent.
Desirable:
* Masters degree in relevant subject area.
Experience:
Essential:
* Relevant Mental Health clinical experience.
* Experience of documenting and record keeping of clinical information.
* Experience of working in a MDT setting.
* Experience of working with difficult and complex service users.
Desirable:
* Experience of working in a community team.
* Experience of managing a caseload.
* Experience of supporting practice development in clinical area.
Knowledge, Ability and Skill:
Essential:
* Knowledge of clinical governance and audit.
* Understanding of Care Coordination and the CPA process.
* Ability to communicate informally and develop supportive relationships with clients, carers and other professionals.
* Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment.
* Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management.
Desirable:
* Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.
* Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options.
* Awareness/knowledge of the issues surrounding social inclusion for mental health service users.
Other:
Essential:
* Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
* Values diversity and responds constructively to discriminatory behaviour.
* Self-aware & self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and motivate others.
Desirable:
* Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organisation and demonstrates values of trust and NHS.
Employer details:
Employer name:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Chaucer and St Giles sites in Southwark
Southwark
SE16 2TH
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