Care Co-Ordinator

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

An exciting opportunity has presented for a motivated and enthusiastic Care Co-ordinator to work within a community mental health setting working alongside our primary care colleagues.

JOB SUMMARY:

To act as keyworker in the diagnostic process for service-users in North East Lincolnshire. This involves being responsible for assessment, developing, implementing and evaluating care plans using a person-centred approach.

Our ideal candidate would be a committed team player as well as being able to work independently demonstrating initiative and passionate in promoting good quality care to maximise independence. Within this role you will gain training, support, and guidance to ensure you are working collaboratively with external agencies to give the best possible care for our service users.

Main duties of the job

This role requires someone who can manage in a fast-paced environment completing assessments to support diagnosis. The day to day work for this role will be led by the needs of the service users and the service which will require effective time management and prioritisation skills as well as effective communication and autonomous working.

All of our staff are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team within mental health services. The successful candidate will need to understand the importance of engaging with external agencies within our area in order for our service users to achieve high-quality care that we in Navigo always strive to deliver. This should involve using supervision and reflecting on practice to develop new and improved ways of working.

About us

Hello!

We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.

The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.

We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list.

As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre.

Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.

We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Come and Join us!

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Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Communication & relationship skills
   • Use highly developed communication skills to conduct assessments of service-users and communicate complex information related to their mental health needs, to service-users, carers, relatives and other professionals.
   • Effectively communicate complex and/or sensitive information where there are barriers to understanding. This includes communication concerning adult protection, abuse, cognitive impairment and other risks surrounding a client's mental health.
   • Maintain and develop effective communications and working relationships within the team and with external agencies.
   • Promote and implement creative ways of working with service-users.
   • Instigate, develop and maintain a relationship with the client and/or carer to facilitate the accurate assessment and delivery of care.
   • Manage highly confidential information in respect of members of the public in accordance with local and national policy.
   • Act as care co-ordinator and named worker responsible for specialist assessment.
2. Knowledge, training and experience
   • The post-holder will hold current registration on part 3 or 13 of the NMC register or hold a Registered Mental Nursing (RMN) certificate and Social Work qualification CQSW, CSS or DipSW or be a Registered Occupational Therapist.
   • Have specialist knowledge and training of working in a Memory Clinic, gained through formal training and post registration experience and/or training, relating to older people and mental health and apply this knowledge when delivering care to service-users.
   • Provide advice and support to other agencies around issues relating to Mental Health.
3. Analytical & judgement skills
   • Make decisions about the range of options for treatment and care plans based on judgement of clients need.
   • Conduct comprehensive assessments of both service users and carers in line with team operational policies.
4. Planning & organisational skills
   • Plan and co-ordinate care plan review meetings with colleagues in the team and with staff in other teams and agencies, ensuring that review meetings take place at the appropriate time.
   • Co-ordinate transfer or referral of service-users to other teams or services where required.
   • Participate in AMHP Rota, BIA rota if appropriate.
   • Prioritise, plan and co-ordinate own workload and activities in line with the changing needs of the team and service.
5. Physical skills
   • Be trained in RESPECT (de-escalation) techniques.
6. Responsibilities for patient/client care
   • Develop programmes of care for service-users and act as Key Worker for service-users, ensuring links with Adult Social Care.
   • Assess and review service-users clinical risk management plan using the DICES risk assessment.
   • Assess care needs of service-users and carers to develop and implement appropriate care plans.
   • Provide specialist clinical advice to service-users, their carers, relatives and other professionals on needs relating their difficulties and mental health.
   • Initiate individual carer support where required. Set objectives, monitor and audit effectiveness.
   • Participate in clinical governance activities.
   • Adhere to all NAViGO policies and legislation relating to the role.
   • Contribute to the evaluation and development of the service including Accreditation Reviews.
   • Comment on policies, procedures and developments where required.
   • Propose improvements and changes to own work area and critically explore new ways of working where required.
7. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
   • Use equipment and resources in a careful and responsible manner.
   • Respect the resources within the restraints of the team budget.
8. Responsibilities for human resources
   • Participate in NAViGO clinical supervision strategy.
   • Provide clinical supervision for other colleagues.
   • Act as a mentor for students and assist other members of the team in supervising and teaching their students.
   • Assist in induction of new staff.
   • Participate in Personal Development Reviews, identify own developmental needs and maintain professional portfolio.
9. Responsibilities for information resources
   • Accurately document episodes and information relating to client care in patient notes, using agreed methods of documentation.
   • Record personally generated information as required by the team or service, as directed by the Clinical Team Leaders.
   • Provide oral/written clinical reports as required.
   • Manage highly confidential information in respect of members of the public in accordance with local and national policy.
10. Responsibilities for research and development
    • Participate in surveys or audits or research in relation to own work, as required by the team or service.
    • Be aware of up to date relevant published research, benchmarking and innovative practice in other areas and ensure own practice is evidence based.
11. Freedom to act
    • Deliver care for service-users and carers, working within professional codes of practice, organisational policies, local protocols and national legislation.
    • Have the ability to work independently, with peer support and supervision where required, to deliver care for service-users/carers and resolve complex professional problems.
12. Physical effort
    • Work in a clinic/office based environment.
    • Regularly drive, using own transport, to visit service-users in their own homes or in a community setting (provision to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act).
13. Mental effort
    • Concentration is frequently required in order to carry out client assessments and write up patient episodes in notes on the majority of working days.
    • Work is carried out in an unpredictable environment.
14. Emotional effort
    • Work directly with difficult family situations and circumstances.
    • Work with service-users who display challenging and potentially verbally and/or physically aggressive behaviour.
15. Working conditions
    • Some exposure to unpleasant working conditions, much of the work is carried out in the community.
16. Other duties
    • Report actual or potential problems which may put health, safety and security at risk.
    • Report all adverse incidents as per NAVIGO incident reporting policy (Datix).
    • Report all incidents of bullying or harassment, as per NAViGO personal harassment policy.
    • To undertake any other tasks or duties associated with the post, appropriate to the level of responsibility, and as directed by line manager.

This job description seeks to outline the key duties and responsibilities of the post; it is not a definitive document and does not form part of the main statement of Terms and Conditions. The job description will be reviewed during the annual appraisal process. The post holder may, with their agreement, which should not reasonably be withheld, be required to undertake other duties as required, which fall within the grading of this post, to meet the needs of this new and developing service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current Registration on part 3 or 13 of NMC register.
• Occupational Therapist or Social Worker currently registered.
• Have undertaken other relevant training and courses relevant to the post.

Skills & Attributes

• Knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
• Evidence of knowledge of current professional issues.
• Relevant professional Mental Health legislation/guidance. Basic theoretical concepts in nursing.
• NICE guidelines, NSF, Clinical Governance.
• Awareness of current research in the field.
• Knowledge of Person Centred Care.
• Knowledge of audit process.
• Knowledge of Psycho-Social Interventions and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Experience

• Experience of being clinical adviser / supervisor to junior staff or students.
• Experience of working within a CPA/ mental health assessment framework.
• Experience of liaising with other teams or services, for example GPs, voluntary sector services.
• Involvement in innovative nursing/ Social work practice.
• Worked as key-worker/care co-ordinator or equivalent.
• Experience of taking part in recruitment and selection processes.
• Experience of care management role within CMHMS.

Additional Criteria

• Takes responsibility for own personal development.
• Evidence of engaging in learning activities and professional development.
• Evidence of developed communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
• Commitment to ethos of MDT working.
• Evidence of ability to work within a team.
• Evidence of ability to meet changes in service needs.
• Evidence of ability to keep confidentiality.
• Must hold a full driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

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.

£29,970 to £44,962 a year Pay dependant on experience