Care Co-ordinator

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health and social care organization is seeking a motivated professional to support working-age adults with severe affective and psychotic disorders. The successful candidate will possess a degree in nursing, occupational therapy, or social work, and will actively contribute to a dynamic team environment. Responsibilities include managing a diverse caseload, delivering therapeutic interventions, and ensuring adherence to the CPA framework. This role requires a full UK driving license and the ability to travel independently across the service area.

Qualifications

• A full UK driving licence and the use of a vehicle are required.
• Degree or relevant professional registration in a healthcare discipline.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of diverse service users.
• Deliver a variety of therapeutic interventions.
• Involve in care-coordination under the CPA framework.

Skills

Teamwork

Accountability

Ability to work under pressure

Innovation

Education

Degree or relevant professional registration as a Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker

Job description

The service supports working-age adults who have severe affective and psychotic disorders. The teams offer support in a number of ways, drawing from the expertise of such a variety of disciplines.

To Be Right For This Job

You have a degree or relevant professional registration as a Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social worker and will be an active member of a dynamic, highly motivated, skilled and creative team.

You will be working in a supportive environment that values your supervision and professional development.

You will have a voice and role to play in service development.

You will have the opportunity to manage a caseload of diverse service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills and building a therapeutic and recovery based relationship.

Recovery principles are embedded in the work of the locality teams and we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.

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.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under pressure and with a desire for innovation. We are able to support agile working for staff, using all appropriate I.T equipment and, and have a secure area for staff bicycles. The city provides a good opportunity to be active at work, with staff being able to cycle to local appointments.
• You will be involved in the delivery of care‑coordination to a specified caseload operating under the CPA framework, a daily duty service, ongoing risk management, care planning, support around benefits and housing, carers’ assessments, physical health care and a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for which you can access training and supervision. You will also be involved in ensuring that the service is a positive learning environment for students from various disciplines.

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

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Phil Chikwinya Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01480 445353

Helena Paice - [e-mail]