An exciting opportunity has arisen within the North Community Mental Health Team for a Community Psychiatric Nurse / Social Worker or OT to join us in working to provide integrated health and social care to people of working age who have moderate to severe mental health problems across a wide range of presenting conditions. The post will be based with the North Community Mental Health Team.
There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills, interventions and case management through a personal development and training plan.
Key Responsibilities of the Post: As a Care Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for the co-ordination, commissioning and personal delivery of individual packages of care for a caseload of service users within our secondary service.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
RMN: Registered Mental Health Nurse
Social Worker
Occupational therapist with care coordination experience
Experience in a relevant area of mental health practice.
Current driving license or supported driver with use of vehicle.
Main Duties of the Job:
To act as Care Co-ordinator, carry a caseload and work with evidence-based interventions.
Assess needs.
Implementation of care plans.
Assessment and monitoring of risk.
Monitor, review and evaluate care.
Liaise with all agencies, and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Carry out clinic duties such as the Clozaril / administration of depot injections either in the clients home or in the clinics if Nurse qualified.
Supervise Community Support Workers / Band 5s and peers as appropriate.
To maintain accurate, up to date electronic records.
To offer initial mental health and social care assessments.
To participate in the CMHT's duty system on a rota basis. Be able to offer a rapid response to service users' immediate needs, including those arising from crisis.
To work in a therapeutically informed way within the multi-disciplinary team to address the needs of service users with complex emotional disorders.
To maintain a persistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health difficulties.
To prioritise and work flexibly with MDT in order to respond to rapidly changing clinical needs.
To promote the physical health and wellbeing.
To train as a Safeguarding adults manager if not already a SAM.
To complete funding applications and review placements and care of service users in a wide range of hospitals and placements.
About Us: We are proud to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our
#PennineCarePeople
and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Benefits:
Generous annual leave entitlement.
Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
Access to Continued Professional Development.
Involvement in improvement and research activities.
Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Person Specification: Education and Qualifications:
Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker.
Current registration with appropriate regulatory body (e.g. NMC, AHPC).
Completion of appropriate post qualification consolidation e.g. Preceptorship or the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE).
Qualification in psychological therapeutic interventions.
Experience:
Substantial experience of relevant post registration practice.
Experience of managing a caseload.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
Experience of working with people with a range of severe and complex mental health problems.
Experience of clinical supervision of other staff.
Experience of working within a Community setting.
Knowledge:
Good working knowledge of therapeutic assessment techniques and interventions in the management of behaviour of individuals with complex mental health needs.
Knowledge of a range of screening and assessment tools and interventions utilised to support individuals with severe and complex mental health problems.
Comprehensive understanding of Safeguarding adults procedures and practice.
Comprehensive understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and Care Act.
Comprehensive understanding of roles and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach.
Understanding of key national and local policies and drivers in relation to adult mental health service.
Knowledge of local authority and CCG commissioning processes.
Skills and Abilities:
Ability to undertake the care coordinator role.
Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment/management.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly stressful situations.
Ability to engage with and provide therapeutic interventions for this client group and carers.
Ability to prepare, record and complete relevant care records and reports to a professional standard.
Evidence of ability to manage a diverse and complex caseload, prioritise and work under pressure.
Ability to coordinate and delegate the work of junior staff.
Ability to value diversity and respond constructively to discriminatory behaviour.
IT Skills.
Work Related Circumstances:
Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year, Per annum, pro rata.
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There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills, interventions and case management through a personal development and training plan.
Key Responsibilities of the Post: As a Care Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for the co-ordination, commissioning and personal delivery of individual packages of care for a caseload of service users within our secondary service.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
RMN: Registered Mental Health Nurse
Social Worker
Occupational therapist with care coordination experience
Experience in a relevant area of mental health practice.
Current driving license or supported driver with use of vehicle.
Main Duties of the Job:
To act as Care Co-ordinator, carry a caseload and work with evidence-based interventions.
Assess needs.
Implementation of care plans.
Assessment and monitoring of risk.
Monitor, review and evaluate care.
Liaise with all agencies, and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Carry out clinic duties such as the Clozaril / administration of depot injections either in the clients home or in the clinics if Nurse qualified.
Supervise Community Support Workers / Band 5s and peers as appropriate.
To maintain accurate, up to date electronic records.
To offer initial mental health and social care assessments.
To participate in the CMHT's duty system on a rota basis. Be able to offer a rapid response to service users' immediate needs, including those arising from crisis.
To work in a therapeutically informed way within the multi-disciplinary team to address the needs of service users with complex emotional disorders.
To maintain a persistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health difficulties.
To prioritise and work flexibly with MDT in order to respond to rapidly changing clinical needs.
To promote the physical health and wellbeing.
To train as a Safeguarding adults manager if not already a SAM.
To complete funding applications and review placements and care of service users in a wide range of hospitals and placements.
About Us: We are proud to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our
#PennineCarePeople
and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Benefits:
Generous annual leave entitlement.
Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
Access to Continued Professional Development.
Involvement in improvement and research activities.
Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Person Specification: Education and Qualifications:
Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker.
Current registration with appropriate regulatory body (e.g. NMC, AHPC).
Completion of appropriate post qualification consolidation e.g. Preceptorship or the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE).
Qualification in psychological therapeutic interventions.
Experience:
Substantial experience of relevant post registration practice.
Experience of managing a caseload.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
Experience of working with people with a range of severe and complex mental health problems.
Experience of clinical supervision of other staff.
Experience of working within a Community setting.
Knowledge:
Good working knowledge of therapeutic assessment techniques and interventions in the management of behaviour of individuals with complex mental health needs.
Knowledge of a range of screening and assessment tools and interventions utilised to support individuals with severe and complex mental health problems.
Comprehensive understanding of Safeguarding adults procedures and practice.
Comprehensive understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and Care Act.
Comprehensive understanding of roles and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach.
Understanding of key national and local policies and drivers in relation to adult mental health service.
Knowledge of local authority and CCG commissioning processes.
Skills and Abilities:
Ability to undertake the care coordinator role.
Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment/management.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly stressful situations.
Ability to engage with and provide therapeutic interventions for this client group and carers.
Ability to prepare, record and complete relevant care records and reports to a professional standard.
Evidence of ability to manage a diverse and complex caseload, prioritise and work under pressure.
Ability to coordinate and delegate the work of junior staff.
Ability to value diversity and respond constructively to discriminatory behaviour.
IT Skills.
Work Related Circumstances:
Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year, Per annum, pro rata.
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