Care Coordinator

Transformation Unit; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Care Coordinator to work within the Working Age Community Mental Health Service in Leeds. The post offers a permanent contract with a 12-month fixed-term or secondment options, a 37.5 hour week, and hybrid working arrangements.

You will undertake initial assessments, co-ordinate care, and develop complex care plans within a MDT. The service emphasises recovery goals and evidence-based practice, with core hours 9am–5pm and

Qualifications

• RMN/RNLD/OT/SW with core professional qualification.
• Experience of working with people with ongoing mental health needs.
• Ability to formulate care plans and assess risk and to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the care of service users across engagement with the service and wider services.
• Undertake initial assessments and care coordination within a multidisciplinary team.
• Develop and deliver complex, service-user focused Care Plans with appropriate supervision.
• Carry out specific assessments and interventions as required within the MDT.
• Ensure care planning reflects recovery goals and evidence-based practice.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Education

Relevant Core Professional Qualification RMN/RNLD/OT/SW

Job description

Main area Adult Community Mental Health Grade 6 Contract Permanent: 12 month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment opportunity also available Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 173-28726-COMM-C

Employer Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Mary's Hospital & Aire Court Town Leeds Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum (Pro Rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 21/10/2026

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Job overview

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic care coordinator to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service, support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice.

Our Community Mental Health Teams is a Monday to Friday service with the core hours being 9am to 5pm, however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs.

This is an exciting time to be a part of the service within the community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI). The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities we serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding.

Main duties of the job

We have a permanent opportunities in our West team based at St Mary's Hospital in Armley, LS12 as well as permanent opportunities in our South team, based at Aire Court, LS10.

We also have a temporary 12 month opportunity in our South team based at Aire Court, LS10.

The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service and wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies, will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities and supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers.

As a Band 6 you will work as a Care Coordinator and be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. You will undertake shared roles and responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination and team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments and interventions. You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans and provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team and Formulation process.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Relevant Core Professional Qualification RMN/RNLD/OT/SW.

Experience

• Experience of working with people with ongoing and mental health needs.
• Experience of working with people at risk
• Can demonstrate experience of formulating care plans for people.

Values

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Skills

• Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.