Care Coordinator (Social Worker/OT/Nurse) EIP/FEP Team

Job summary

We are recruiting qualified Social Workers, Mental Health Nurses and Occupational Therapists with extensive experience in Mental Health

Are you an experienced Social Worker, OT or Mental Health Nurse? Join our team. People using our service are experiencing psychosis for the first time. We are committed to delivering personalised and meaningful care that makes a positive difference and helps people to achieve outcomes to make their lives better.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working full time, part time or job sharing. We support flexible working for our staff to support you to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our roles are focused on delivering care along the FEP pathway for people and their families. You will have access to comprehensive training.

The PATH service will support you to become an expert clinician in the assessment and treatment of psychosis & we can offer development opportunities into more senior roles.

In this role, you will also have great opportunity to develop your management, leadership and delegation skills by leading a mini team. You will have the opportunity to access HPFT leadership training and this can prepare you for other more senior leadership roles in the future, if this is your chosen career pathway.

You can find out more about our team here:https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/about-us/our-teams/path-and-arms/

Please contact Eleanor Atkins eleanor.atkins1@nhs.net for an informal chat or to arrange a visit.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Clinician in the team, you will:

Have an excellent training and development pathway
Train as a family intervention therapist
Be an active member of a skilled multi-disciplinary team
Work together with your colleagues to provide our PATH service to people in Watford.
Cover this designated locality - not the whole county
Travel less and work out in the community, both in people's homes and our local hub buildings

To succeed in this job, you will be committed to the delivery of recovery based and collaborative approaches to care planning, working flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their goals.

Our 'Caseload Mini Team' workforce model is unique and highly supportive of team working. You will work as the Leader of the Mini Team, working closely with a Band 4 & 5 colleague to manage the caseload together.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust

Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...https://www.hertsnhsgreattogether.co.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Team, will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery, providing a high quality social care service to adults of all ages having First Episode Psychosis (FEP). The core functions are to provide assessment, care planning and care co- ordination, including care programme approach, within a framework of recovery which embraces each individuals right to choice and control.

All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

You may be responsible for supervision, development and teaching of junior staff and/or students as delegated by the team manager.

Come and find out more about what we do and consider joining our team. Wed love you to come and work with us!

Heres what our staff say about working in the team:

"I love my job, I see service users over their journey from when they first become unwell to being able to re-start living a rewarding life"

"It's a specialist team, lots of opportunities for career development, it's a very supportive team and we work together as a mini team to look after a case load."

Heres what well offer you in terms of learning and development:

You'll be offered a structured 12 week induction programme, giving you access to FEP specific learning and development opportunities to give you the confidence and skills to start delivering the FEP pathway to our service users
Your development is our focus and we will offer a range of ways for you to further your career. Youll have access to personal coaching, to help you achieve your goals, coupled with 100 day conversations and a high quality supervision and appraisal programme.
You'll want to be a leader and will be encouraged to develop your leadership skills through our offer of bespoke leadership training, high quality profession specific support and opportunities to learn the most effective supervision and personal coaching approaches.
You'll be an important part of an innovative, creative and developing service. We are committed to a future where we use continuous quality improvement to harness your ideas for service development and make them a reality
You'll work with a team who have highly specialist knowledge, experience and skills around FEP, where you will have access to a comprehensive internal training package to develop these skills in your first year too
Delivering the FEP Pathway is a chance to change service users lives, teaching them the skills to self-manage their illness and encouraging self-reliance and independence, as well as helping them rebuild their lives
You'll be working with people who come with a variety of needs, at various stages of their illness and recovery
HPFT offers a wide variety of competitive employee benefits including access to a range of salary sacrifice schemes and discounts, a lease car scheme AND Excellent pension provision with up to 42 days leave per year

Person Specification

Education/Training

Essential

Education to degree level or Academic qualifications equivalent (Diploma/Degree in in Mental Health Nursing /Social Work / Occupational Therapy)
Registration with NMC/ HCPC/SWE

Desirable

Advance Training in mental health
Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interest Assessment training

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Extensive post registration experience
Experience of working in acute mental health inpatient/day care services
Experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments
Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process; dealing with family breakdown; serious mental ill health and risk of self harm.
Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect

Desirable

Experience of teaching and training

Communication skills

Essential

Excellent ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports.

Physical Skills

Essential

Own transportation to travel to various locations