Senior Care Coordinator

Job overview

1.    Job Summary

You will be a Senior Care Coordinator within the Learning Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Condition Keyworker Service for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey: providing coordination of the Dynamic Support Register for children with learning disabilities and/or autism with mental health needs and/or presenting with behaviours of concern.

The LD/ASC Senior Care Coordinator provides intensive and highly skilled administration support to the systems around children and young people who are part of the LD & ASC cohort. This includes chairing of meetings that identify strategies and provision that prevent breakdown of the child’s current placement and a deterioration in their presentation. The aim is to keep children, young people in the community, to prevent avoidable admissions A & E, Tier 4 inpatient mental health services and 52-week residential placements, and to support young people in this cohort, to be discharged from Tier 4 services and be supported back into the community.

The service is working across Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden and Islington, with work allocated between two Care Coordinators.  The two care Coordinators will come together to ensure both locality teams work together to develop shared processes and protocols as well as reporting systems.

Main duties of the job

• Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage the scheduling and chairing/supporting of CETRs/LAEPs for children and young people across Barnet, Enfield Haringey, Camden and Islington, who have been identified as part of the LD and/or Autism Service and are at risk of admission, in order to support delivery of a multi-agency approach to care planning which enables children and young people to be effectively supported in the community.
• Ensuring that NWL ICB and NHSE Specialised Commissioning are delivering on good practice and key performance indicators such as holding LAEP meetings, three-monthly CETRs where capacity allows.
• Reviewing CETR/LAEP recommendations and liaising with commissioners to highlight emerging barriers and trends to inform future commissioning and service delivery decisions.
• Attending meetings which provide an opportunity to discuss discharge planning such as inpatient MDTs, CETRs, CPA, taking place either at CAMHS inpatient settings or residential settings.
• Working with Commissioners, CAMHS, Children’s Disability Teams, social care and Adult LD and MH teams to develop arrangements that support effective transitions planning across NCL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Senior Care Coordinator will work jointly across Local Authorities in Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey and with NCL CCG. There may also be a need to work with colleagues in the remaining NCL boroughs of Camden and Islington. There will be a requirement to chair and/or support CETRs on behalf of local commissioners, and on some occasions, travel across and outside London may also be required.

• Responsibility for Administration
• To prioritise and utilise regular one-to-one and DSR Team meetings in order to develop and reflect on own practice and share knowledge and expertise to enhance service delivery and improve outcomes for families/carers.
• To ensure high standards of case recording using the relevant information systems in order to capture all necessary inputs, outputs, and outcomes for young people and their families and carers.
• To achieve service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed with your line manager.
• To consistently manage your own time, planning your work in advance and using appropriate systems to maximise your effectiveness.
• To work flexibly to suit the needs of children and young people with complex needs and their families/carers; this may include early starts, late finishes, as required.
• Responsibility for IT and Digital Systems/Services
• To use and assist others in the use of information technology systems to carry out duties in the most efficient and effective manner.
• To adhere to the GDPR and other legislation