Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5 - 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 437-6174133
- Employer
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Josephs' Approved Premises
- Town
- Eccles
- Salary
- £28,407 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Care-Coordinator (Band 5 - 6 Progression Post)
Band 5 - 6
Job overview
We are looking for a enthusiastic mental health practitioner to join our friendly Multi-disciplinary team.
You will require experience of working in a mental health settings and awareness of delivery of community mental health care.
You will hold and manage a caseload of people (for up to 6 months) facilitating assessment, care planning, sign posting, short term interventions and safe discharge. Your role will also include liaison with other multi agency services.
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.
As we recognise the importance of supporting our staff to achieve an effective work-life balance and also maintain positive wellbeing, we work with staff to develop ways of supporting flexible working for them.
Main duties of the job
Assessments, care planning, psychosocial interventions, safeguarding, duty assessments.
Please see the attached job description for all duties
Risk management
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, 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 registration
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification i.e Mentorship, NMP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Desirable criteria
- 2 years Post qulaification experience
- Safeguarding enquiry lead experience
- Funding application/social care/CCG
- Experience of using electronic recording systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Desmond Bullen
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Joanna Donnellan
Operational manager
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