Specialist Care Coordinator
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Gillingham, ME7 1AL
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Secondment
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the Medway and Swale Early Intervention in Psychosis Mental Health service (EIP) as a Band 6 clini...
- Care Coordinators have caseloads sizes that allow for innovative and focused interventions in partnership with service users, families and support networks, promoting recovery, social inclusion and well-being in line with NICE guidelines
- The Access and Waiting Time standards ensure that individuals are offered NICE concordant Interventions early in their treatment.Our service aims to work alongside individuals and their families by adopting strength and recovery-based approaches which maximise hope, self-determination, and empowerment. The service offers individual and family work, as well as various group work activities which includes linking in with organisations and resources with an increasing emphasis on collaborative working.
- To work collaboratively with service users and their support network to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance while balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
- To actively participate in North & West Kent EIP wide duty function. The successful candidate will be required to undertake the duty function at the EIP base in Canterbury and be required to facilitate assessments throughout DGS area.
- To administer depot medication to service users as required
- To attend CPAs and tribunals.
- Good knowledge of CTOs.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with relevant professional body registration
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Hold appropriate practice assessor/mentor qualification
- Training or experience in facilitating/co facilitating in Family intervention work
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- Experience of working with service users with psychosis when acutely unwell
- Experience and skills in clinical assessment
- Experience and skills in risk assessment, formulation and management
- Experience of working with service users with psychosis and their support network
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
18 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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