Care Coordinator (Band 6 progression post)

Job overview

There is a new exciting opportunity for a progression post from a 5 to 6 for a care coordinator post within the integrated mental health team in HMP Styal.

The successful candidate will hold a professional qualification of OT, Social worker or RMN, under the line management and supervision from within the integrated mental health team.

The post holder will assist in the overall delivery of care in a care coordination role to patients within the mental health team at HMP Styal. You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care for mental health.  This includes respecting individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of clients and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

The successful applicant is required to demonstrate a “can-do” attitude, be resilient and possess excellent organisational skill. An ability to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team is essential.

Healthcare services operate 7 days a week, and the successful applicants would need to be flexible in their approach to meeting the demands of the service.

The successful candidate will work towards providing the highest standard of care for the prison population ensuring consistent and effective nursing practice as well as operational activity.

The days within the prison service are varied and there is a wide range of training and development opportunities available.

Main duties of the job

• Be a full member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
• Effectively manage own caseload accepting referrals from agreed agencies in accordance with agreed operational procedures.

• Undertake formal mental health and social care assessments of new clients within own caseload.

• Undertake assessments of clients as part of the integrated mental health duty system in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
• Assess, care-plan, provide interventions and evaluate and record mental health care delivered to clients on own caseload.

• To provide effective care coordination to an identified caseload of complex service users, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based interventions to encourage successful outcomes under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

• Provide Specialist Mental Health Assessments, Continuing care assessments and advise management plans as requested.
• To encourage and support clients to collaborate in their treatment programme and recovery.

• To encourage self-help as much as possible, promoting the maintenance of skills and independence in clients.

• To support health promotion and act in a consultative role/advisor to other community services/agencies and personnel in relation to individual clients and their mental health issues.

• To undertake and record comprehensive risk assessments

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

• 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
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts