Care Coordinator

NHS; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking a Band 6 clinician in Folkestone to manage a caseload of service users facing their first episode of psychosis. The role emphasizes client-centered interventions, collaboration with support networks, and participation in a dynamic multi-disciplinary team. Candidates must be Registered Mental Nurses or hold equivalent qualifications, with strong skills in risk assessment and evidence-based practices. The position offers a yearly salary between £38,682 and £46,580, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience of working with service users with psychosis when acutely unwell.
• Training in facilitating in Family intervention work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users experiencing first episode of psychosis.
• Collaborate with service users, staff, and support networks.
• Monitor and evaluate therapeutic interventions for service users.

Skills

Understanding of psychosis

Risk assessment skills

Experience with neurodiversity

Excellent communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Nurse/Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health)

Social Work or Occupational Therapy Degree

Practice Assessor/Educator Qualification

Job description

We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the East Kent Early Intervention in Psychosis Mental Health service (EIP) as a Band 6 clinician covering the South Kent Coast Locality.

The role includes:

• To manage a caseload of service users experiencing a first episode of psychosis using evidence-based / client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver appropriate interventions/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
• To provide a professional contribution to a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality mental health services which meet existing new policies, practice and standards.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.

Main duties of the job

• Care Coordinators have caseloads sizes that allow for innovative and focused interventions in partnership with service users, families and support networks, promoting recovery, social inclusion and well‑being in line with NICE guidelines.
• The Access and Waiting Time standards ensure that individuals are offered NICE concordant Interventions early in their treatment. Our service aims to work alongside individuals and their families by adopting strength and recovery‑based approaches which maximise hope, self‑determination, and empowerment. The service offers individual and family work, as well as various group work activities which includes linking in with organisations and resources with an increasing emphasis on collaborative working.
• To work collaboratively with service users and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance while balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
• To actively participate in an East Kent EIP wide duty function and assessment on a rota system. The successful candidate will be required to undertake the duty function at the EIP base in Canterbury and be required to facilitate assessments throughout East Kent.

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us – if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.

Job responsibilities

• Your role within the team will be varied allowing plenty of opportunity to both demonstrate and develop your skills as well as offering a dynamic working life. As a Care co‑ordinator, you will have a registered profession and have a caseload of clients which would involve monitoring and assessment of risk and co‑ordinating treatment plans.
• Work with other professions within the service including: STR workers, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Pharmacist, Medics, Psychology and Individual Placement Support to ensure the service user is offered a range of support which meets the individuals and families needs.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

• Registered Mental Nurse/Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health), Social Work or Occupational Therapy Degree
• Hold appropriate Practice Assessor/Educator Qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Training or experience in facilitating/co‑facilitating in Family intervention work

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post‑qualification experience
• Experience of working with service users with psychosis when acutely unwell.
• Experience and skills in clinical assessment.
• Experience and skills in risk assessment, formulation and management.
• Experience of working with service users with psychosis and their support network
• Experience of the use of evidence-based interventions relating to the care of service users with first episode of psychosis.
• Experience of working with service users experiencing psychosis within a community setting.
• Experience of working with service users aged 14-65 years.
• Experience of working with neurodiversity.

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent understanding of psychosis, interventions and evidence‑based practices.
• EIP access and waiting time standards.
• NICE guidelines for psychosis and schizophrenia.
• Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and young people.
• The Care Programme Approach.
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983

Other

• To work Monday’s as part of the working week.

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata