Care Coordinator

at  Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced mental health worker to join Trafford early intervention service.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our specialist service for people aged 14-35 experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
This post is part time. 30 hours per week.
Based on The Department of health implementation guidelines Early Intervention Services:
Reduce the stigma associated with psychosis.
Improve professional and lay awareness of the symptoms of psychosis and the need for early assessment.
Reduce the length of time young people remain undiagnosed and untreated.
Develop meaningful engagement, provide evidence based interventions and promote recovery from the outset.
Increase stability in the lives of service users, facilitate development and personal fulfilment.
Provide a user led service, i.e. a seamless service available for those from age 14 to 35 years (on acceptance) that effectively integrates child, adolescent and adult mental health services and works in partnership with primary care, education, social services, youth and other services.
We are a very dedicated, highly motivated, and dynamic team. We offer a range of biological, psychological and social interventions and have a commitment to personal & professional development and staff wellbeing.
We are committed to improving the service and to developing our staff. We are very passionate about staff wellbeing We pride ourselves on excellent standards of care for both our service users and families and the staff that we work with.
We work very closely with Service users and families, offering family interventions and carer education/support. We value Service User involvement and encourage participation in service developments on many levels including opportunities for peer support roles and involvement in the recruitment process.
The role of the care coordinator is to coordinate an evidence based care plan to meet the needs of the service user and their loved ones.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
v To manage a caseload of people with complex mental health and social care needs, using evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and document these in accordance with local and national standards and guidance.
v To have care-coordination responsibilities for an agreed number of clients on the first episode and extended assessment pathway within the team.
v To participate in the assessment of people referred to the team with possible first episode psychosis.
v To participate in the operational systems and the development of the Early Intervention team.
v To provide leadership for junior staff, multi-disciplinary support staff and students through formal supervision, education and appraisal

Please refer the Job description for details