Our clients in West London are urgently seeking to recruit a Locum Band 6 Care Coordinator to join their Rehabilitation Service.
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Service Description
The Adult Community Rehabilitation Teams will provide support for people with complex care needs related to psychosis and (where relevant) co-existing substance use and physical health problems. The service provides a less restrictive alternative to inpatient rehabilitation by providing intensive support for service users so that rehabilitation occurs in the community. With a multidisciplinary and whole-team approach, the emphasis is on delivering individualised and recovery-focussed care
Duties
To provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence-based assessments to establish client’s needs; level of support and type of interventions required to facilitate their rehabilitation
To manage a caseload of service users with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs; using evidence based and recovery principles for clients in their Borough who are registered with a local GP.
Undertake assessment and care co-ordination activities within a multi-disciplinary framework, in order to identify the needs of service users and appropriate packages of care within the available budget.
To present cases to the relevant placement panels for in-borough and out-of-borough placements, both for initial funding requests and reviews.
To work proactively with service providers to draw up resettlement plans and carry out regular reviews towards progress and identified goals.
To undertake supervisory and appraisal responsibilities for allocated team members and students.