Care Coordinator - Early Intervention

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid model of working

Central location with good amenities

Regular supervision

Opportunities for training and develop

Secondment available

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Care Coordinator for a six-month maternity cover in the CAMEO team serving Peterborough, Fenland and Huntingdon. The role involves building care plans, assessing risk, and working with families, carers and partner agencies.

It is a hybrid post requiring travel across Cambridgeshire and supervision of staff and students. Registration in nursing, social work or occupational therapy is required, and visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Registration with a recognised regulator (NMC, Social Work England, or HCPC) related to nursing, social work or occupational therapy.

Responsibilities

• Develop care and recovery plans with service users within NICE/quality standards.
• Assess individuals and families, including those at higher risk.
• Provide specialist advice from your professional background.
• Assess and manage ongoing risk, reviewing factors with service users and carers.
• Deliver specialist interventions including outreach, psycho-education and discharge planning.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to support social inclusion and recovery.
• Offer specialist interventions to carers and families.
• Promote safety and wellbeing of service users, families and carers.
• Provide clinical supervision to staff and students.
• Apply early intervention ethos, including work with under-17s when required.
• Travel independently around the county to meet deadlines.

Skills

Communication skills

Professional relationships

Assessing care planning

Dual diagnosis knowledge

Microsoft Word/PowerPoint/Email

Education

Evidence of CPD

Job description

This six-month fixed-term maternity cover post sits in CAMEO, the early intervention psychosis team serving Peterborough, Fenland and Huntingdon. The Care Coordinator builds care and recovery plans with service users, assesses and manages risk, and works alongside families, carers and partner agencies. The role is hybrid, requires independent driving across the county to tight timescales, and includes work with under-17s and clinical supervision of staff and students. Fit depends on current registration as a nurse, social worker or occupational therapist, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Develop care and recovery plans with service users, in line with NICE CG178 and EIPN quality standards
• Undertake assessment of individuals and their families or carers, including those at higher risk
• Assess, plan and implement care, and give specialist advice from own professional background
• Assess and manage ongoing risk, and regularly review risk factors, with service users and carers
• Deliver specialist interventions, including assertive outreach, psycho-education and discharge planning
• Work with partner agencies to support social inclusion and recovery
• Offer specialist interventions to carers and families
• Promote the safety and wellbeing of service users and their families or carers
• Provide clinical supervision to staff and students
• Apply the early intervention approach and ethos, including work with under-17s as required
• Travel independently around the county to meet strict time deadlines

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development

Registration & licences

• NMC registration in mental health, learning disability or adult nursing, Social Work England registration, or HCPC registration as an occupational therapist

Experience

• Significant post-qualifying experience with serious mental illness, including previous community work
• Experience working with complex health problems in the care group
• Experience managing a caseload and providing a range of clinical interventions
• Experience of clinical assessment, including risk assessment

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication
• Building professional relationships, and developing own skills while sharing knowledge with others
• Assessing and interpreting service user conditions, and planning and organising complex care
• Knowledge of dual diagnosis and substance misuse
• Word, PowerPoint, clinical systems and email skills, or willingness to learn

Checks & eligibility

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Able to travel independently across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, meeting required timescales

Other

• Punctual, flexible across working hours when required, and able to multitask in unpredictable situations
• Support for the values of the Care Group and Trust, especially the needs of young people and their families
• Manual handling techniques, energy to work with younger and older people, health and safety awareness, and PC use

Nice to have

• Lived experience of mental health issues

What’s offered

• Hybrid model of working
• Central location with good amenities
• Regular supervision
• Opportunities for training and development
• Secondment available