# Care Co-ordinator - Homeless Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-co-ordinator-homeless-mental-health/f2f1d6cc-b588-4f9a-ba26-7db6c1e430bb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-co-ordinator-homeless-mental-health/f2f1d6cc-b588-4f9a-ba26-7db6c1e430bb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Salary:** £47951.00 to £56863.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-28T15:00:30.650Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8133325 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8133325?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of the principles of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice in assessment and the provision of service - Knowledge of the principles of assertive outreach and of the issues relating to homelessness - Current and up to date knowledge of relevant legislation including working knowledge of the principles of CPA (Care Programme Approach, safeguarding, Mental Health and Care Acts). - Applied knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management ### Experience **Essential** - - At least 1 years’ experience working in a mental health or homelessness setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registered Community psychiatric nurse or HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist/Social Worker ### Skills and ablities **Essential** - Ability to use information technology systems to input and access data, use word processing systems and Email - - Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10431007) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.