FEP social worker/care coordinator
- Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
- £32,602-48,778 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- A supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and promotes professional growth.
- Opportunities for continuous learning and development, including access to training, supervision, and mentorship.
- A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness programs.
- The chance to be part of a forward-thinking team that is dedicated to improving mental health outcomes and making a positive impact in the community.
- Conducting thorough assessments to understand the needs and strengths of individuals experiencing early psychosis.
- Developing and implementing personalised care plans in collaboration with service users, their families, and other professionals.
- Providing ongoing support and monitoring progress to ensure that care plans are effective and responsive to changing needs.
- Facilitating access to a range of services, including mental health, social care, and community resources.
- Advocating for service users' rights and ensuring that their voices are heard in all aspects of their care.
- Participating in regular team meetings, case reviews, and professional development opportunities.
- Conducting thorough assessments to understand the needs and strengths of individuals experiencing early psychosis.
- Developing and implementing personalised care plans in collaboration with service users, their families, and other professionals.
- Providing ongoing support and monitoring progress to ensure that care plans are effective and responsive to changing needs.
- Facilitating access to a range of services, including mental health, social care, and community resources.
- Advocating for service users' rights and ensuring that their voices are heard in all aspects of their care.
- Participating in regular team meetings, case reviews, and professional development opportunities.
- Academic qualifications at degree level or above
- Membership of professional bodies
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Experience at in a relevant mental health setting
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Working knowledge of MHA (1983), CPA, Risk Assessment and Section 25 etc.
- Effective multi-professional team communication & team working.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate agreed care with supervision.
- Excellent ability to communication with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate, and timely reports
- Ability to analyse service user and carer information.
- Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys.
- Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
- Car driver
- Experience of using computer - PC literate to ECDL standard
- Office based and community based visiting service users in their own homes, travel within specified geographical area
- Ability to meet timescales and respond to crises as appropriate
- Flexibility and ability to respond to a variety of tasks, and to prioritise own workload
- Ability to deal with distressing and sometimes aggressive behaviour
- Experience of working in an integrated health, psychological and social care environment
- Values/Motivational/Personal Qualities/Diversity Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful
- Academic qualifications at degree level or above
- Membership of professional bodies
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Experience at in a relevant mental health setting
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Working knowledge of MHA (1983), CPA, Risk Assessment and Section 25 etc.
- Effective multi-professional team communication & team working.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate agreed care with supervision.
- Excellent ability to communication with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate, and timely reports
- Ability to analyse service user and carer information.
- Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys.
- Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
- Car driver
- Experience of using computer - PC literate to ECDL standard
- Office based and community based visiting service users in their own homes, travel within specified geographical area
- Ability to meet timescales and respond to crises as appropriate
- Flexibility and ability to respond to a variety of tasks, and to prioritise own workload
- Ability to deal with distressing and sometimes aggressive behaviour
- Experience of working in an integrated health, psychological and social care environment
- Values/Motivational/Personal Qualities/Diversity Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful