Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (happy to discuss flexible working)
- Job ref
- 437-6463241
- Employer
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rawnsley Building, MRI
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Care Coordinator
Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic RMN/Social Worker/OT to join our friendly Multi-disciplinary team as a Care Co-ordinator. You will require experience of working in a mental health setting and awareness of delivery of community mental health care.
There will be some bank holiday and weekend working on a rota basis under 7 day working.
Main duties of the job
You will hold and manage a caseload of people and have Care Coordinating responsibilities under the Care Program Approach Guidelines. The team covers an ethnically and culturally diverse area, and you will have the opportunity to work with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, and with a wide range of psychosocial needs.
By assessing your clients and their carers needs you will be able to access and sign post to a wide range of community resources and provider services available in the local area.
You will work with clients to identify goals as part of overall care plans, and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment programs for service users within the team.
The post holder will be expected to participate in providing quality first line psychosocial assessments as part of GMMH’s Functional CMHT’s duty role and work proactively in forging professional working relationships with multi-agencies.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person specification
Application and Interview
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification (RMN/OT/SW)
- Professional registration
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification i.e Mentorship, NMP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification experience
- Safeguarding enquiry lead experience
- Funding application/social care/CCG
- Experience of using electronic recording systems
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Mottram
- Job title
- Team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 271 0631
- Additional information
Catherine Mottram
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