Band 6 Nurse Care Coordinator - Swindon

The role would involve the care co-ordination of a number of Service Users. You will also be involved in assessments and delivering a range of interventions to both individuals and their families and to groups., To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive mental health assessment for service users with severe and enduring mental health needs living in the community and in a range of settings. This will include:

• + o The use of standardised assessment tools, i.e. the Cluster Allocation Support Tool (CAST), KGV. o Recovery Star. o History, strengths and aspirations. o Mental state. o Impact of culture and diversity. o Functional needs. o The needs of family and carer. o Evaluation of risk. o Physical health. o Complicating factors. o The interventions and treatments required to enable positive change. o Social care needs. o Safeguarding and public protection. o Capacity under the Mental Capacity Act.
  
  Driving is a must and your own transport is essential for this role as supporting clients to appointments is part of the work. The team does work flexibly in order to reach clients and carers so some working outside of office hours at times is to be expected. In return you will get to work as part of a small MDT team with a real team approach. There may be opportunities in the future to train in psychological interventions to support your practice. There will be opportunities to network and join in shared learning with other recovery teams, both in AWP and in the South West.
  
  We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.