Job description
Job responsibilities
*To provide a care coordination role as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, engaging, supporting and working with a caseload of service users with severe or enduring mental health problems who are also either homeless or living in temporary accommodation.
*To help service users manage their symptoms, deliver evidence based interventions and give advice and support on practical issues such as housing, benefits, education, employment, medication and social activities in the local area.
*To assess and monitor service user’s mental state, provide comprehensive risk assessment and implement management plan, undertake crisis management and contingency planning.
*To establish supportive partnerships with both service users and the family / social networks. This includes close working with staff from Solent NHS trust who look after the physical health care of the homeless population and also the Two Saints day centre. This post involves co-working with staff from a range of voluntary organisations including the hostels and the substance misuse services.
*To participate in weekly team meetings, communicating service user needs and be able to assist in prioritising the allocation of workload.
*To contribute to the weekly multi-disciplinary meeting where service users’ needs are discussed.
*To formulate care plans in line with identified need and review in line with the Trust Care Programme Approach and Care Planning Policy.
*To provide therapeutic interventions in line with the agreed care plan and risk assessment, utilising psycho-social interventions and work on improving physical health.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
