Care Co-ordinator, Brent Early intervention service

An exciting opportunity has opened up within our Brent Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service, for a newly qualified RMN, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with experience working in mental health. CNWL is fully committed to developing our workforce and offering opportunities to aspiring candidates, and this post is no different.
Within this role you will be offered;
+ Monthly supervision sessions focussed on your development into this role
+ Our highly successful 6-months Family Intervention training which upon completion will allow you to co-facilitate Family Therapy sessions within the team
+ Opportunities to shadow our wide-ranging, specialised services within the Trust such as perinatal services, prison services, HTT, CMHT and many more
+ Bespoke in-house training and workshops.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings., The post holder will carry a caseload of service users 14 years and over who are experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis.
Responsible for undertaking initial and comprehensive assessments of health and social care needs alone or with colleagues and feedback to Multi-Disciplinary Team
Care co-ordination responsibility for the overall care of an identified group of service users, being part of a service that is committed to recovery and social inclusion.
Carry out MDT activities including being on duty as appropriate and within sphere of your profession.
Our EIP Practitioners are specially trained and committed to using these skills in order to maximise patient autonomy and to deliver NICE concordant care for First Episode Psychosis.
If you are an enthusiastic practitioner who is keen to try and upskill themselves and advance into becoming an established community practitioner then we want to hear from you.

Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. We can offer;
+ Flexible working with the opportunity to work condensed hours and working from home
+ Working within a dynamic team with visibility of the Senior Management Team (Service Manager & Borough Director)
+ Award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
+ Career mapping and development programmes.
+ Support and guidance with your Nurse revalidation.
+ Opportunity to shadow senior leaders
+ Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies.
The Team serves the population of Brent, a diverse and vibrant borough. It is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture. There is a visible , supportive management team and a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities.
Brent is a place of contrast, a destination for thousands of British and international visitors every year. Home of the iconic Wembley Stadium, the world famous Wembley Arena, the new London Designer Outlet & the spectacular Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, it provides a stage for cultural, sporting & religious events of national and international importance., + Work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of MH care pathway.
+ Ensure, and clarify where necessary, the patient pathways through mental health services.
+ Undertake initial assessments and reviews including the formulation of care plans to meet the identified needs of the patient.
+ Undertake Risk Assessments and formulate risk management plans as per Trust policies.
+ Regular attendance and participation at the clinical meetings that facilitate discussion of patient/client needs and ensure a shared approach to care, treatment and risk management where necessary.
+ Plan and implement care as appropriate to the needs of the patient that is underpinned by best practice guidance and person centred principles.
+ Review and evaluation of care plans and risk management plans on an ongoing basis
+ Advice regarding medication management including promoting concordance and monitoring and advising regards effect and side effects in accordance with profession
+ Facilitate undertaking of physical and mental health reviews
+ Provide information, advice and assessment to carers, as required.
+ To work with primary care to ensure that referrals to secondary services are timely and appropriate and that more complex cases are referred on.
+ Work as part of the mental health practitioner team at base and in service users homes and the community as appropriate.
+ To develop and maintain access to community & voluntary agencies/services who can offer patients alternative avenues for support and therapeutic help
+ Ensure safe discharge process back to primary care when secondary services no longer required
+ Facilitating and attending joint training events within the Organisation/ Borough as appropriate and agreed with service management team
+ To promote appropriate service users involvement in all aspects of the delivery of the service.
+ To participate in clinical and business meetings.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.