Job Description

Job Title: Band 6 Social worker (to work as a care coordinator)

Trust: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Jeanette Wallace House, 1 Edridge Road, Croydon CR0 1FE

Ward: Croydon North Locality Team

Reference ID: 85511

Pay Rates: 21.96

Shift Patterns: Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm (37.5hrs)

Number of Staff Required: 1

Why might this job interest you?

Join the Croydon North Locality Team at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, an organisation with a proud history, deep community connections, and an international reputation for excellence. We are dedicated to providing high-quality, specialist mental health care across South London, guided by our core values of kindness, honesty, and respect. When you join us, you become part of something special, a team that listens, supports, and delivers care that truly makes a difference.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional to expand their skills in Home Treatment, Psychiatric Triage, and Psychosis care. You'll play a key role in coordinating care, leading multidisciplinary meetings, and supporting service users on their recovery journey. With a focus on collaboration, inclusion, and empowerment, you'll help individuals take ownership of their care while working closely with families, carers, and partner services to ensure the best possible outcomes.

What you can add:

You will independently carry out assessments, care planning, and care coordination, using strong interpersonal skills to listen, respect, and value individuals from diverse backgrounds. You will lead regular meetings with community team members to discuss, report on, and evaluate client care. You will encourage and empower service users to take responsibility for their care, engaging families and carers where appropriate, in line with recovery-focused principles. You will support service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote wellbeing, independence, self-care, and a healthy lifestyle. You will engage in reflective practice through supervision and peer groups, and contribute to the clinical supervision of junior staff.
What you'll need:

Qualified Social worker with current professional registration Experience of Home Treatment or Psychiatric Triage Experience of working with people who have Psychosis Experience of working in a Community Mental Health Team
System Knowledge: EPJS - mandatory

The benefits we can offer you in return:

Putting People in Places to Care - be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.

Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.

Blue Light Card - NHS Discount Provider

First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.

Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.

Working options to suit your lifestyle?- being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.

Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP's own academy.

Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.

Being part of the NHSP Community means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: 21.96 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Work Location: In person