Community Care Coordinator

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking a Care Coordinator to join their supportive team in Lewisham. The role involves managing a caseload of service users with complex needs, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and developing personalized care plans. Ideal candidates will have a background in nursing, occupational therapy, or social work, and possess strong communication and self-management skills.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

Car lease benefits

Keyworker housing

NHS discounts

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Cycle to work scheme

Childcare vouchers

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health care.
• Ability to formulate holistic care plans.
• Experience working with older adults.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health difficulties.
• Collaborate with team members to provide comprehensive care.
• Work with service users and their carers to develop care plans.

Skills

Self-management

Communication

Dynamic risk assessment

Education

Nursing qualification

Occupational Therapy qualification

Social Work qualification

Job description

Lewisham CMHT is a well-established, highly experienced and supportive team, comprised of Community Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists and Social Workers.

The team aims to guide service users towards realising an optimum level of functioning and support them to maintain good mental health.

The post holder will work as Care Coordinator for a caseload of service users in the local community who have complex mental health difficulties, and also work with their carers where applicable.

The post holder will be expected to have excellent self-management skills, and also work collaboratively within the team. The post holder must be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers, to work well under pressure, be experienced in dynamic risk assessment, and also to have excellent communication skills.

We would welcome applications from Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers who have significant experience and who are looking to develop new community skills and expertise in older adults.

About the location:

You will be based at 91 Granville Park, Lewisham, London, SE13 7DW

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
  
  

Other Benefits Include

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
  
  

We look forward to receiving your application

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew McGechie Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032289310

Available Monday to Friday 9-5.