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Community Learning Disability Care Coordinator
Band 6
Main area: Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 311-F788-25-A
Site: Hollingworth Clinic
Town: Hollingworth
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.
The Community Learning Disability Care Coordinator will provide a comprehensive mental health service to adults of working age who experience severe mental illness and diagnosed learning disability within the community. The practitioner will work across both mental health and learning disability teams and in patients at Tameside hospital. The role will include admission prevention and safe discharge planning within a multi-disciplinary approach with other partners.
Main duties of the job
They will also:
1. Work collaboratively across a range of disciplines to continuously promote a ‘needs based’ approach to all service users.
2. Promote an integrated approach to service delivery.
3. Develop clear relapse recognition/prevention plans and share with MDT, service users, and carers where appropriate.
4. Develop meaningful engagement with individuals who are often referred to as ‘difficult to engage’ and their families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To act as Care Coordinator to service users with learning disability and complex severe and enduring mental illness.
2. To carry a caseload and work with evidence-based interventions to include:
1. Assessment of need of the service user and carer
2. Formulation of care plan
3. Implementation of a plan of care for the service user in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, referring agent, family/carer, and service user, where appropriate.
4. Assessment and monitoring of risk.
3. To monitor, review and evaluate treatment and care in accordance with C.P.A. and to make timely referrals to recovery services once the treatment and stabilization of mental health and social circumstances has been affected.
4. To support the commissioning of an appropriate package of care in the community by liaising with relevant partners.
5. To liaise with all agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the needs of the service user are met.
6. Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups on the caseload about difficult or complex matters, in such a way as to overcome any problems in communication.
7. To carry out clinic duties such as the Clozaril/administration of depot injections either in the clients' home or in the clinics. To manage medication and its administration within Trust Policy.
8. To supervise Community Support Workers / Band 5s as appropriate to implement elements of the care plan.
9. To maintain accurate, up-to-date records of all service users referred and receiving assessment, care treatment, and support.
10. To offer an initial holistic assessment to those newly referred to the service, and signpost as appropriate.
11. Be able to offer a rapid response to service users’ immediate needs, including those arising from crises.
12. To work in a therapeutically informed way within the multi-disciplinary team to address the needs of service users with complex emotional needs.
13. To maintain a persistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health and learning disabilities.
14. To have the capacity to prioritize and work flexibly with MDT in order to respond to rapidly changing clinical needs.
15. To be actively involved in safeguarding adult procedures.
16. To work collaboratively with primary and secondary care services to ensure that the physical health needs of service users are met.
17. To promote the physical health and wellbeing of service users.
Person specification
* RMN/RNLD
* Experience of working within community mental health/learning disability setting as a care coordinator
* Extensive knowledge of mental health and learning disability
* Care programme approach
* Knowledge of mental health act and mental capacity act
* Ability to supervise and support Band 5s and students
* Ability to communicate informally and develop supportive relationships with service users, carers, and other professionals
* Ability to prepare, record and complete relevant documentation for the role
* Medication management and administration
* Ability to demonstrate effective time management and self-organization.
* Use of a car
* Evidence of post-registration study to graduate level
Sponsorship: We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
Other important information
* We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognize the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, and be better.
* If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
* If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Tracy Carr
Job title: Service Manager
Email address: tracy.carr5@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01617164700
Additional information: Michelle Morrin, Lead Nurse
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
Telephone: 01617163181
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