Care Coordinator - Early Intervention

NHS; Peterborough; Hybrid; CAD 71,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Peterborough is seeking a Care Coordinator for their Early Intervention Psychosis team. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with service users to develop individual care plans and implement clinical interventions. The position offers a supportive working environment with a focus on recovery. Applicants should be registered nurses, social workers, or occupational therapists with significant experience in mental health. A valid driving license and access to a vehicle are also required.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

Supportive team environment

Central location with good amenities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration relevant to mental health, social work, or occupational therapy.
• Significant post-qualifying experience with serious mental illness.
• Experience in managing a caseload, providing clinical interventions, and conducting assessments.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with service users to develop care plans.
• Assess, plan, and implement care, providing specialist advice.
• Promote safety and wellbeing of service users and their families.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to develop effective professional relationships

Skills of assessing and interpreting service user conditions with appropriate actions

Ability to multitask in unpredictable situations

Education

Registered Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist

Evidence of continuous professional development

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Clinical systems

Emails

Job description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Care Coordinator - Early Intervention

The closing date is 23 February 2026

We are looking for a Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join us as a Care Coordinator (Band 6) in the Early Intervention Psychosis team in Peterborough- CAMEO.

CAMEO is the specialist Early Intervention Psychosis service in Cambridgeshire. This post will be located in the dynamic and multi-cultural city of Peterborough.

We cover Peterborough, Fenland and Huntingdon. We have adopted a hybrid model of working and would welcome applicants from neighbouring counties.

We are:

• A multi-disciplinary team including nurses, social workers, OTs, doctors, support workers, psychologists, and CBTp therapists.
• Supportive, and evidence based, working in a holistic and whole team approach.
• Following the EI ethos, promoting hope and recovery, and working collaboratively with our clients their families, and networks.

We offer a central location with good amenities, a supportive team with regular supervision, and a positive working environment with opportunities for training and development.

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Main duties of the job

The role of the Care Coordinator is to work in partnership with CAMEO service users, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to CAMEO. Protocols as detailed in NICE guidance CG178 and EIPN Quality Standards CCQI 373 to include assertive outreach approaches, psycho-education, relevant aspects of social inclusion, recovery, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with partner agencies to facilitate this, and working alongside carers and families, offering them specialist interventions.

The post holder will work to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers.

The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist advice pertinent to their professional background and carry out relevant specialist interventions. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students.

The post holder will ensure that the early intervention approach and ethos are adhered to, this includes working with the under 17 age range as required.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high‑calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

To undertake assessment of individuals and their families/carers accessing the service with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.

To develop alongside the service user, their care plan.

To offer specialist professional assessment and advice where required.

To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.

To regularly review risk factors and make changed to the management of them as necessary.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role OR, Registered Social Worker OR, Registered OT
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

• Significant post qualifying experience in working with those presenting with serious mental illness
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience and knowledge of dual diagnosis/substance misuse
• Previous experience of working in the community
• Lived experience of mental health issues

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to develop effective professional relationships with others
• Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development
• Skills of assessing and interpreting service user conditions with appropriate actions
• Plan and organise complex activities or programmes requiring formulation and review
• Able to use Word, PowerPoint, clinical systems and emails and/or willingness to learn
• The ability to multitask and mental adaptation to different unpredictable situations

Other

• Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust, especially the young person and their family's specific needs

Physical Requirements

• Ability to use manual handling techniques
• Energy to work with younger and older people
• Monitor and maintain the health and safety of self and others in the working areaRequired to use a PC

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata