CARE COORDINATOR

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for practitioners to work within our lively and friendly community team based in the North area of Bradford.

We are looking for skilled, enthusiastic, and passionate Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurses/Care coordinators to join our fantastic North Bradford Team. Covering the North area of our District, we enjoy working in one of the most diverse and culturally rich populations in England. We are always looking for new and innovative ways of delivering care to those with protected characteristics. We offer a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for further progression and learning.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Co-ordinator you are not only supporting service users through what can often be the most challenging of times, you are also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves. Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate a high level of commitment, motivation, and knowledge of working with people with severe and enduring mental health. You will need to demonstrate clinically effective care management skills and interventions and will have a good awareness of current health and social care issues which affect, or influence, our community.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care- We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen- We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver- We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

15 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-5833463

Job locations

SOMERSET HOUSE

MANOR LANE

SHIPLEY

BD18 3BP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification in mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy
Degree level education or equivalent experience
Registration with Professional Body (e.g. NMC, SWE, BAOT

Experience

Essential

Worked as keyworker with mental health client group
Minimum of 6 months post basic experience in Mental Health

Desirable

Experience of being clinical adviser to junior staff or students
Experience in relevant area of Mental Health
Involvement in innovative practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification in mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy
Degree level education or equivalent experience
Registration with Professional Body (e.g. NMC, SWE, BAOT

Experience

Essential

Worked as keyworker with mental health client group
Minimum of 6 months post basic experience in Mental Health

Desirable

Experience of being clinical adviser to junior staff or students
Experience in relevant area of Mental Health
Involvement in innovative practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).