Care Coordinator

To be accountable for the co-ordination of care plans for people who are in the early stages of psychotic illness between the ages of 17-65. To work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. To assess health and social care needs and negotiate care plans with service users and their carers, remaining objective when working with diagnostic uncertainty. To undertake risk assessments according to Trust policy. To ensure delivery of care plans in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues and a range of health and social care agencies To engage service users and carers assertively and offer care/interventions within the least restrictive setting in normal community environments. To provide a service sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability. To offer a range of evidence-based psycho-social interventions and proactive risk management approaches to help the service user and their family to reduce and manage symptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of psychosis and enable, as far as possible, full and sustained recovery. To ensure Kingston and Richmond Child Protection Guidelines and procedures are fully understood by self and others. To ensure the safety needs of children are met at all times and take appropriate action when a child is felt to be at risk or in need. To monitor treatment, support concordance and ensure prompt action is taken to alleviate unwanted effects. To provide access to and ongoing psycho-education regarding first episode psychosis to service users and families. To ensure basic needs are addressed i.e. housing, income, support in accessing education or training etc. To recognise the developmental needs of service users and enable a vocational/educational assessment within a specified time of their contact with the service, and to ensure the service user is supported in progressing plans made for education, training or employment. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in job applications If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form. Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure. Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content can become generic and fail to accurately reflect an applicant's individual experience. Applications that clearly demonstrate your own voice, reflections and experiences are often the most effective and help us better understand your suitability for the role. Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience.