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Band 6 Care co-ordinator (CPN/AHP/SW) - Early intervention in Psychosis Team
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am-5pm)
Job ref
444-6080422B-CG
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Avenue House
Town
Nuneaton
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Early Intervention in Psychosis Care Coordinator - Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.   If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.

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Job overview

Early Intervention in Psychosis Team

Full time 37.5 hours, permanent role

A rare opportunity has arisen to recruit a community care coordinator (at Band 6 or equivalent) to join our multi-disciplinary Early Intervention in Psychosis team. The position is available to Nurse, Occupational Therapy or Social Work disciplines.

The successful applicant will join a well-established and supportive multidisciplinary team in care coordinating patients who have been assessed as having First Episode Psychosis or an At Risk Mental State.

Main duties of the job

Early Intervention in Psychosis teams are based upon recovery-focused principles and underpinned by positive risk-taking, aiming to create the conditions where better outcomes and improved safety can be achieved for patients and their families. The service aims to reduce the number of patient safety incidents, serious incidents, avoidable hospital admission and the need for Intensive Home Based Treatment.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.  

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will be working in a well-established friendly team and will care coordinate a small caseload of up to 15 patients. They will work in line with the EIT Access and Waiting Time Standards in order to provide holistic care to the individuals they support, this will include but is not limited to psycho-education, staying well planning and early warning signs work. They will ensure that the individuals on their caseload have been offered NICE recommended treatments including Behavioural Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (including Cognitive Behavioural Family Therapy for Psychosis), Carer's Education and Employment support from IPS Rethink.

Personal qualities will need to include; an enthusiasm for EIT and the EIT ethos, an interest in promoting holistic health and well being, be positive and enthusiastic in what can be a very demanding role, ability to work independently and as part of the team and the ability to structure your own work load and diary utilising a range of interventions tailored to the clients’ needs. You will need an understanding of CPA and maintain this to a good standard and have strong IT skills. A significant element of the role will be the identification and management of risk, utilising the Steve Morgan tools, including positive risk taking and Storm assessments. You will also be expected to carry out duties as per the job description.

Experience in working in the community and/or urgent care is desirable. 

The ability to travel during the working day over a large geographical area is essential as is the ability to work flexibly with the needs of the client group.

You will need to have excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills and will be expected to demonstrate your ability to work within a team.  You will be expected to supervise support staff and students. The post is subject to DBS clearance.  

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT
  • Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
  • Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and theory
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma
  • Relevant training and experience specialist short courses
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Experience in a Community Mental health care setting / Psychosis is preferable
  • Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
  • Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
  • Experience of safeguarding and investigations
  • Proven experience of people management

OTHER

Essential criteria
  • Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie Bishop
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07554115236
Additional information

For any further information please contact Julie Bishop