Care Coordinator - Early Intervention

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

Job summary

A local NHS health organization in Cambridge is seeking a passionate Care Coordinator to support individuals with mental health issues. The ideal candidate will be proficient in assessments, care planning, and collaboration with clients. A rich background in mental health is essential for this role, which offers a competitive salary and emphasizes supportive interventions within the community.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or equivalent in mental health, learning disabilities, or adult care.
• Significant experience with serious mental illness.
• Proven ability to manage a caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Assess individuals and their families within complex health presentations.
• Develop care plans in line with recovery principles.
• Provide supervision and mentorship to junior staff.
• Ensure clinical practice aligns with NICE guidelines.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to develop effective professional relationships

Skills of assessing and interpreting service user conditions

Plan and organize complex activities

Education

Registered Nurse with current registration

Registered Social Worker OR Registered OT

Completion of Mentorship Course

Tools

Clinical systems

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Go back Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Care Coordinator - Early Intervention

The closing date is 29 September 2025

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with a good knowledge of psychosis and a passion for the Early intervention ethos? Then we are looking for YOU!

CAMEO, the award winning service, operates across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust via two established bases in their busy cities.

This post will be located in the dynamic and multi cultural city of Cambridge where we are seeking to recruit highly trained and hard working Band 6 Care Coordinators: Mental health Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists. The practitioner will provide specialist advice, assess, plan and implement care to a designated caseload whilst working at all times to promote the EI ethos. They will ensure the safety and well-being of service users and their families/carers through family intervention models.

The individual must be compassionate, committed and have good working knowledge of psychosis displaying a passion about the values that underpin EI work and supporting service users throughout their recovery journey's.

If this sounds like the place for you, we look forward to meeting you.

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Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner and responsible for a defined caseload of service users.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mental health, be a team player with a great work ethic; a sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under pressure and a desire for innovation.

We are able to support agile working for staff, using all appropriate I.T equipment and support.

To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.

They will work alongside the service user to develop their care plan along the recovery principles.

To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.

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

To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate (mentorship and preceptorship qualifications).

To act within the relevant Code of Conduct dependent on your Registration Body.

About us

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & well-being 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.

Job responsibilities

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

• To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk
• They will work alongside the service user to develop their care plan along the recovery principles.
• To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.
• To assess, manage and regularly review ongoing risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
• To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate (mentorship and preceptorship qualifications)
• To act within the relevant Code of Conduct dependent on your Registration Body.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
• Registered Social Worker OR, Registered OT
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete.
• 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

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, email and /or willingness to learn
• The ability to multitask and mental adaptation to different unpredictable situations
• Participate in Partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies
• Promote people's equality, diversity and human rights
• Skills of assessing and interpreting service user conditions with appropriate actions
• Plan and organise complex activities or programmes requiring formulation and review

Other

• Ability to travel across sites
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.

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 year, per annum