Care Co-ordinator - Homeless Mental Health

Job overview

The START Team work across Lambeth, Southwark, Croydon and Lewisham with rough sleepers who are experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.  Many of our service users also present with other complex needs such as substance abuse, social exclusion and immigration issues.

About the location:

We are based at 190 Kennington Lane near Kennington and Vauxhall tube stations. We also have an office at Jeanette Wallace House in Central Croydon  and at the 999 Club in Lewisham.  This is a rare permanent post in the Southwark START Team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Care Coordinator (Nurse/ Social worker or Occupational Therapist) to join our service in Lambeth. You will be based within a multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team and will hold an allocated caseload of service users with mental illness, substance use and complex social care needs.

This is a rare opportunity to come and experience working with the START Team. We would like to meet candidates who have some experience and passion for working with this population. You would be working in a highly-motivated community multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities and support for continuing professional development and to actively participate in quality innovations, research and audit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Your role will be to undertake assessments and Care Co-ordination whilst providing on-going risk /assessment, planning, co-ordination and evaluation of care. You will have expertise in crisis and risk management, together with good communication skills.

You will have a passion for working with excluded populations with multiple disadvantage using a relational model which prioritises engagement and pre-treatment. You will be skilled at working with  and supporting  our third sector colleagues.