Case Management Officer
Duration: Initially 4 months
Hours: 35 hours per week
Rate: £26 umbrella an hour (£20 PAYE an hour)
Requirement: Based on site and in the community
Lewisham Council are looking for a Case Management Officer to join their Community Mental Health Team in Deptford.
Responsibilities:
Primarily to support discharge and FLOW
Supporting those on your caseload to attend community appointments that will offer future support, supporting medication arrangements on discharge and working with the care coordinator in keeping care plans and other documentation up to date
Support around care act assessments and lots of carer contacts
To be the key point of contact within Health and Social Care services for eligible clients completing assessments and reassessments of need/resource entitlement
Provide high quality information to vulnerable adults, carers and relevant stakeholders in order to promote wellbeing and prevention initiatives
Develop peronalised support/care plans with individualsRequirements:
Knowledge of support planning and personalized outcomes
Knowledge of how mental illness impacts on the lives of individuals and their families
Knowledge of preventative and reablement approaches
Ability to assess and manage the range of risks that mental health service-users may experience
Extensive experience of working in a health or social care environment
Extensive experience of working directly with mental health service us...