Early Intervention Psychosis Care Co-ordinator

Job title:

Early Intervention Psychosis Care Co-ordinator

Company

NHS

Job description

This vacancy would be suitable for a qualified social worker, occupational therapist or mental health nurseIf you are an experienced social worker, OT or mental health nurse, we would love you to join our team in the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service – PATH (Psychosis: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Hertfordshire). Our service users are people experiencing psychosis for the first time and we are committed to delivering personalised and meaningful care.The role will be working in the East and North of Hertfordshire in a specified geographical area, based in Cheshunt.We welcome applications from candidates interested in full time, part time, job sharing. We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.This role is a real opportunity to build and develop your leadership and delegation skills, as well as maximising the opportunities and support provided by working closely with colleagues, as part of a mini team.In addition, you will also be trained as a family intervention therapist.For more about our team: https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/about-us/our-teams/path-and-arms/Please contact Mary Ingram on 07788 153910 for an informal chat or to arrange a visit. We look forward to hearing from you!If you are a registered social worker, a £3,500 recruitment incentive applies.Main duties of the jobAs a Band 6 Care Co-ordinator, you will be:

• working together with your colleagues to provide our PATH service in our Cheshunt Team
• cover a designated locality – not the whole county
• travelling less and work out in the community, both in people’s homes and our local hub buildings
• training as a family intervention therapist

You will be passionate in the delivery of recovery based and collaborative approaches to care planning, working flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their individual goals.Our ‘Caseload Mini Team’ workforce model is unique and highly supportive of collaborative 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 usHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers – everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Our Trust values are:Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.Date posted04 October 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 6Salary£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-timeReference number367-UNPL-7667-FJob locationsSaffron Ground, StevenageSaffron GroundStevenageSG1 3LJJob descriptionJob responsibilities

• To plan and deliver treatment interventions in line with Best Practice and local and National
• To plan and deliver Family Interventions for psychosis (FIp), in line with best practice.
• To plan and deliver Family & Friends Education & Support Group, in line with best practice
• To undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, ensuring people meet eligibility criteria using social outcome assessment, and are assessed using the self-directed support Needs Outcome Assessment (NOA)

For a more detailed Job and Person Specification please read the attached documents before applying.Heres what well offer you in terms of learning and development:

• Youll 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.
• Youll 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.
• Youll 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
• Youll 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
• Youll 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

Job descriptionJob responsibilities

• To plan and deliver treatment interventions in line with Best Practice and local and National
• To plan and deliver Family Interventions for psychosis (FIp), in line with best practice.
• To plan and deliver Family & Friends Education & Support Group, in line with best practice
• To undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, ensuring people meet eligibility criteria using social outcome assessment, and are assessed using the self-directed support Needs Outcome Assessment (NOA)

For a more detailed Job and Person Specification please read the attached documents before applying.Heres what well offer you in terms of learning and development:

• Youll 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.
• Youll 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.
• Youll 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
• Youll 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
• Youll 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 SpecificationEducation/TrainingEssential

• 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 KnowledgeEssential

• Solid post registration experience inclusive of band 5 and 6
• 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 selfharm.
• Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and training

Communication skillsEssential

• 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.

Person SpecificationEducation/TrainingEssential

• 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 KnowledgeEssential

• Solid post registration experience inclusive of band 5 and 6
• 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 selfharm.
• Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and training

Communication skillsEssential

• 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.

Expected salary

£35392 – 42618 per year

Location

Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Job date

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 07:57:32 GMT

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