Care Co-ordinator (Nurse, Social Worker or OT) - Rehabilition

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Manchester seeks a Care Co-ordinator to join their rehabilitation team. The successful candidate will coordinate care for individuals with mental health challenges, ensuring high-quality, recovery-focused support. This role offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional development and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

30% pay enhancement for evenings and weekends

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a rehab or community mental health setting.
• Experience with complex needs and co-morbidities.
• Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a small caseload of service users.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to support service users.
• Lead on assessment and care planning.

Skills

Time Management

Organisational Skills

Autonomous Work

Education

Professional registration

Job description

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Care Co-ordinator (Nurse, Social Worker or OT) - Rehabilition, Manchester

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Client:

Greater Manchester Mental Health

Location:

Manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

4

Posted:

23.05.2025

Expiry Date:

07.07.2025

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Job overview

The GMMH rehabilitation service have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative individual who is looking for a challenge, to be part of the Home Engagement and Rehabilition Team. The service is establishing a strong reputation for providing bespoke, intensive and individualised care to service users living with enduring mental health problems to enable them to live their lives to their full potential.

The successful candidate will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to our service users in the community.

The role involves co-ordination of a small caseload of service users for whom the post holder will lead on the assessment, collaborative care planning and provision of interventions to encourage self management, optimise functioning and promote choice and inclusion as part of care.

The service covers a large geographical area including all of Manchester and Salford, therefore there is an expectation that the postholder will travel across the footprint.

You will require agood understanding of the principles of mental health rehabilitation and an awareness of the delivery of community mental health care.

The team has extended hours, offering our service users enhanced support from 8am - 8pm Monday - Sunday and the post holder will need to be prepared to work on a rota basis across these times.

Full induction and training will be given as part of the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of a small caseload of service users. This will involve working creatively within a multi disciplinary team to support service users to identify their own goals and co-ordinate timely and appropriate interventions to help them to achieve these. This includes respecting individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of service users and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

The post holder will maintain a recovery focus and will demonstrate skill and sensitivity in the assessment of vulnerable service users with higher level of needs.

The post holder will also be responsible for the organisation and supervision of recovery workers within the team. They will also be confident in responding to crises where necessary, delegating tasks to colleagues as appropriate. The post holder will play a key role in the development of the service, by assisting the leadership team in day-to-day operations, organising, leading, teaching, supervising and supporting junior colleagues.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration

Experience

• Experience of working in a rehab setting OR a community mental health setting
• Experience of working with people with complex needs and co-morbidities
• MDT Working
• Experience of conducting assessments identifying health and social care needs.
• Experience of leading safeguarding enquires
• Experience of funding application/social care/CCG
• Evidence of acting as educator for students
• Experience of working across both inpatient AND community settings
• Experience of delivering line management and clinical supervision

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of recovery model, appropriate therapeutic approaches and engagement strategies
• Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act & Care Act
• Working knowledge and understanding of CPA
• Working knowledge and understanding of DOLS
• Understanding current national policy, initiatives, and principles of rehabilitation

Skills

• Be able to manage a caseload and work autonomously within the team
• Evidence of good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to assess, plan and evaluate care

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Sponsorship will be offered for eligible roles that meet the salary requirements. Please review guidance from the UK Government . Please note, most health and care jobs must have a salary of at least £23,300, and other eligible jobs may require have a salary of £38,700 or higher, depending on your individual circumstances.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.