# Senior Care Co-ordinator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Oxford
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (no night working)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27T15:31:15.367Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Bicester/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Forensic_Services/Forensic_Services-v8040772
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8040772?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Forensic Service is expanding, and developing our existing integrated model of mental health care for men in prisons across the Thames Valley region.

We are looking to recruit forward thinking, innovative, creative, and compassionate Senior Mental Health Nurse, OT or Social Worker to offer a wide variety of interventions to the prison population at HMP Bullingdon in Bicester, which is a Category B and C local prison housing approximately 1000 remand and sentenced male prisoners.

This is a full time role where you'll be working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team who deliver triage, assessment, group interventions, and caseload management in a person-centred way.

Prisons are very rewarding places to work, where you have the opportunity to develop your existing skills with a vulnerable and unique patient group.

This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary.

### Main duties of the job

- As a Senior Care Co-Ordinator you will provide high quality, safe and effective mental health care and interventions to the service users within the prison establishment, including management of self harm and complex needs.
- You will be  responsible for managing a caseload, triage, assessment, and delivery of evidence based interventions within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and care programme approach, and input into discharge planning.
- As an integral member of the integrated Mental Health Team, you will provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison, and other prison staff.
- You will work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services.

This role is subject to job evaluation so some duties may change

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

This role is subject to job evaluation so some duties may change

## Job Details

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Forensic Service is expanding, and developing our existing integrated model of mental health care for men in prisons across the Thames Valley region.

We are looking to recruit forward thinking, innovative, creative, and compassionate Senior Mental Health Nurse, OT or Social Worker to offer a wide variety of interventions to the prison population at HMP Bullingdon in Bicester, which is a Category B and C local prison housing approximately 1000 remand and sentenced male prisoners.

This is a full time role where you'll be working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team who deliver triage, assessment, group interventions, and caseload management in a person-centred way.

Prisons are very rewarding places to work, where you have the opportunity to develop your existing skills with a vulnerable and unique patient group.

This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary.

## Job Description

As a Senior Care Co-Ordinator you will provide high quality, safe and effective mental health care and interventions to the service users within the prison establishment, including management of self harm and complex needs.

You will be responsible for managing a caseload, triage, assessment, and delivery of evidence based interventions within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and care programme approach, and input into discharge planning.

As an integral member of the integrated Mental Health Team, you will provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison, and other prison staff.

You will work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services.

This role is subject to job evaluation so some duties may change

## Responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

This role is subject to job evaluation so some duties may change

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health challenges
- Experience of managing self harm and associated risks

**Desirable**

- Experience of developing and delivering group work

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Professional registration

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in the field of criminal justice
- Knowledge of forensic care

### Contractual Requirements

**Essential**

- Ability to undertake continuing professional development

**Desirable**

- Valid Driving Licence

## Documents

- [oh form (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329305)
- [senior care co-ordinator jd and ps (pdf, 952.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329304)
- [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228)

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