# Care Coordinator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-coordinator/d93dde56-3af9-4164-850a-0ef1d65dfe2a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-coordinator/d93dde56-3af9-4164-850a-0ef1d65dfe2a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Leeds - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T09:51:32.138Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8061585 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061585?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic  care coordinator to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service, support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice. Our Community Mental Health Teams is a Monday to Friday service with the core hours being 9am to 5pm, however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs. This is an exciting time to be a part of the service within the community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI). The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities we serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding. ### Main duties of the job The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service and wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies, will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities and supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers. As a Band 6 you will work as a Care Coordinator and be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. You will undertake shared roles and responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination and team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments and interventions. You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans and provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team and Formulation process. You will also be expected to employ leadership within your role and will provide Clinical Supervision, Preceptorship and support to junior colleagues. Student education and support is inherent to this role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Job Details We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic care coordinator to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service, support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice. Our Community Mental Health Teams is a Monday to Friday service with the core hours being 9am to 5pm, however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs. This is an exciting time to be a part of the service within the community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI). The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities we serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding. ## Job Description The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service and wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies, will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities and supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers. As a Band 6 you will work as a Care Coordinator and be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. You will undertake shared roles and responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination and team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments and interventions. You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans and provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team and Formulation process. You will also be expected to employ leadership within your role and will provide Clinical Supervision, Preceptorship and support to junior colleagues. Student education and support is inherent to this role. ## Responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle ### Values **Desirable** - Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. - Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. - Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people with ongoing and mental health needs. - Experience of working with people at risk - Can demonstrate experience of formulating care plans for people. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Relevant Core Professional Qualification RMN/RNLD/OT/SW. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351900) - [person specification (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351901) - [reasonable adjustments (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2928) - [guide to values based recruitment (pdf, 498.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2929) ## 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.