Specialist Care Coordinator | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in Gillingham

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 plans 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.
• Care Coordinators have caseload 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 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.

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.

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).