Case Manager - RNMH in Leeds

The Complex Psychosis Pathway provides a whole system approach to Mental Health Rehabilitation and Assertive Community Treatment in Leeds, which includes Newsam Ward 5 (Level 2 Rehab & relocating to Parkside Lodge), Asket Croft and Asket House inpatient settings (Level 1 Rehab), the Community Rehabilitation Team and Assertive Outreach Team. The pathway also includes Rehabilitation practitioners embedded within the Community Hubs providing early rehabilitative and reablement interventions and enabling transitions for service users between Community Services and more intensive Assertive Outreach and Community Rehabilitation Support.

Main duties of the job include:

• Experience of working with psychosis and a genuine interest in supporting the recovery of people experiencing severe and enduring complex mental health problems.
• Demonstrating innovative and creative ways of working with service users.
• Knowledge of working within the mental health act.
• Offering individual packages of care through a team approach structure.
• Good communication and team working skills.
• Working with a smaller caseload of twelve service users as a full-time worker.

The pathway includes an out of area/Trust case management role and mental health placement reviewer for people with complex psychosis who are placed in Level 2 rehabilitation Independent Hospitals outside of the Trust or in funded residential placements. The pathway provides treatment, intervention and vocational opportunities for people and their families living with complex needs associated with psychosis.

The post holder will work in a way that promotes positive partnership working between all members of the Complex Psychosis Pathway. They will have an excellent understanding of the principles of recovery and will practice clinically in a way that promotes therapeutic optimism and hope with service users.

To work as a member of the Assertive Outreach team in providing a citywide service for patients with highly complex, severe and persistent mental health problems seven days per week; to provide day-to-day coordination of the team, as required; to act as care coordinator, responsible for the management of a case load including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care packages.

The teams provide a citywide seven-day extended hours service, with working hours of Monday – Friday 9 am–8 pm and weekends and Bank Holidays 9 am–5 pm. The post holder will need to have the ability to travel independently across the city, and sometimes further for both direct and indirect interventions and administration, including lone home visits.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, which means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Essential qualifications include having a nursing (mental health) qualification and registration with the NMC. Essential skills include significant post-registration experience of working with service users who have mental health difficulties who experience psychosis and the ability to travel independently across the city.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.