Job Summary
Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Care Coordinator to join our Working Age Community Mental Health Service. This is an excellent opportunity for someone committed to supporting service users in their recovery within a community setting.

Our Community Mental Health Teams operate Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, and we offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support a positive work-life balance.

As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will provide a range of evidence-based interventions for working-age adults experiencing mental health difficulties. We are looking for individuals who are organised, proactive, and able to work both independently and collaboratively. You will bring strong risk assessment skills, a recovery-focused approach, and a solid grounding in therapeutic interventions. Central to your role will be working with service users to ensure their recovery goals inform their formulation and care planning.

This is an exciting time to be part of our service. We are preparing for the Community Transformation Programme, a national initiative aimed at enhancing mental health care for people with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI).

Please note as this is a temporary position we are unable to accept applications from newly qualified candidates or those requiring a preceptorship.

Main Duties of the Job
You will have the unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third-sector partners, primary care, and adult social care, contributing to service improvements that address health inequalities and better meet the needs of our communities. This collaborative and forward-thinking approach makes the role both refreshing and highly rewarding.

With access to appropriate clinical and management supervision the post holder will have or will develop and will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include assessment (including risk assessment), formulation, safety planning and clinical interventions.

The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service and wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies, will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities and supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers.

About Us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised professional registration; RNMH/RNLD/OT/SW

Experience
Essential

• Experience delivering mental health interventions
• Experience working in mental health settings
• Post registration experience

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of the needs of service users with SMI and complex presentations

Values
Desirable

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Additional Information
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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.