This Care Co-ordinator post sits in the Countywide Early Intervention in Psychosis Team at East London NHS Foundation Trust, which serves Bedfordshire and Luton. The work centres on assessing, planning and co-ordinating social care for adults with mental ill-health, alongside psychosocial interventions and specialist assessments. The team works with people from age 14 across CAMHS and adult services, and the role needs a car for travel between sites. Candidates must be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England or a registered mental health nurse.
What the job involves
- Assess, plan and co-ordinate social care for a caseload of adults with mental ill-health
- Provide psychosocial interventions and specialist assessments, including for at-risk mental states and psychosis
- Complete comprehensive Care Act 2014 assessments and reviews, including eligibility checks
- Lead adult safeguarding practice, undertake enquiries and contribute to protective care plans
- Liaise with acute inpatient units, the crisis team, primary care and voluntary and private sector services, and play an active part in hospital discharge
- Commission health and social care services with and on behalf of service users
- Promote direct payments within care and support plans
- Carry out regular risk assessments to keep vulnerable people safe
- Keep accurate records up to date on the electronic patient record
- Provide management and reflective supervision to newly qualified social workers and support workers, and support them through ASYE
- Undertake AMHP duties or train as an AMHP
- Keep up own reflective practice, supervision and CPD
What’s required
Registration & licences
- Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England, or first-level mental health nurse registered with the NMC or similar body
Experience
- Post-registration experience at qualified practitioner level in community mental health, including first-episode psychosis
- Care co-ordination experience within CPA
- At least one year of post-qualifying experience in a relevant health or social care setting
- Multidisciplinary community working
- Attending funding panels and commissioning care packages
- Working in an NHS or local authority environment, with understanding of its policy and practice
Skills & knowledge
- Carrying out Care Act 2014 assessments against eligibility criteria
- Understanding of early intervention in psychosis and at-risk mental states
- Understanding of CPA, recovery approach and engaging people with serious mental illness
- Understanding of NHS and social care policy for mental health and learning disability services
- Health promotion and psychoeducation, including research applied to practice
- Excellent communication and listening, tailoring messages to different audiences, and good report writing
Checks & eligibility
- Full UK driving licence and access to a car insured for business use
Other
- Commitment to the Trust values of care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment, and to equality and diversity
- Team working, leading other professionals, and working independently with initiative
Nice to have
- Post-qualification experience in mental health services
- Previous appointment as AMHP or Best Interest Assessor
- Thorough working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and amendments
- Degree-level education
- Specialist post-qualifying training, such as MSPP, CBT, psychosocial interventions or nurse prescribing
- CPD in psychosis or early intervention
- Experience in an early intervention team, CAMHS, psychosocial interventions or supervising junior staff
- Understanding of and commitment to the personalisation agenda
What’s offered
- Flexible working to support work-life balance
- Bespoke professional supervision readily available
- Expert support from senior social work and nursing staff
- Opportunity to train as an ASYE assessor
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
