Specialist Care Coordinator

Job overview

We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the  Dartford Early Intervention in Psychosis Mental Health service (EIP) as a Band 6 clinician covering  Medway and Swale area

The role includes:

To manage a caseload of service users experiencing a first episode of psychosis using evidence-based / client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver appropriate interventions/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.

Good knowledge around medication Management

To provide a professional contribution  to a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality mental health services which meet existing new policies, practice and standards.

Work with other professions within the service including: STR workers,  Advanced Clinical Practitioners,  Pharmacist, Medics, Psychology and Individual Placement Support to ensure the service user is offered a range of support which meets the individuals and families needs.

To work Friday's as part of the working week.

Main duties of the job

Care Coordinators have caseloads sizes that allow for innovative and focused interventions in partnership with service users, families and support networks,  promoting recovery, social inclusion and well-being in line with NICE guidelines The Access and Waiting Time standards ensure that individuals are offered NICE concordant Interventions early in their treatment.  Our service aims to work alongside individuals and their families by adopting strength and recovery-based approaches which maximise  hope, self-determination, and empowerment. The service offers  individual and family work, as well as various group work activities which includes linking in with organisations and resources with an increasing emphasis on collaborative working. To work collaboratively with service users and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance while balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence. To actively participate in North & West Kent EIP wide duty function.  The successful candidate will be required to undertake the duty function at the EIP base in Gillingham and be required to facilitate assessments throughout the Medway and Swale area. To administer depot medication to service users as required To attend CPAs and tribunals. Good knowledge of CTOs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

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