Senior Care Coordinator: Sponsorship Available

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

You will be a Senior Care Coordinator within the Learning Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Condition Keyworker Service for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey: providing coordination of the Dynamic Support Register for children with learning disabilities and/or autism with mental health needs and/or presenting with behaviours of concern.

The LD/ASC Senior Care Coordinator provides intensive and highly skilled administration support to the systems around children and young people who are part of the LD & ASC cohort. This includes chairing of meetings that identify strategies and provision that prevent breakdown of the child’s current placement and a deterioration in their presentation. The aim is to keep children, young people in the community, to prevent avoidable admissions A & E, Tier 4 inpatient mental health services and 52-week residential placements, and to support young people in this cohort, to be discharged from Tier 4 services and be supported back into the community.

The service is working across Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden and Islington, with work allocated between two Care Coordinators. The two care Coordinators will come together to ensure both locality teams work together to develop shared processes and protocols as well as reporting systems.

Main duties of the job

 Main Duties and Responsibilities

Manage the scheduling and chairing/supporting of CETRs/LAEPs for children and young people across Barnet, Enfield Haringey, Camden and Islington, who have been identified as part of the LD and/or Autism Service and are at risk of admission, in order to support delivery of a multi-agency approach to care planning which enables children and young people to be effectively supported in the community.

Ensuring that NWL ICB and NHSE Specialised Commissioning are delivering on good practice and key performance indicators such as holding LAEP meetings, three-monthly CETRs where capacity allows.

Reviewing CETR/LAEP recommendations and liaising with commissioners to highlight emerging barriers and trends to inform future commissioning and service delivery decisions.

Attending meetings which provide an opportunity to discuss discharge planning such as inpatient MDTs, CETRs, CPA, taking place either at CAMHS inpatient settings or residential settings.

Working with Commissioners, CAMHS, Children’s Disability Teams, social care and Adult LD and MH teams to develop arrangements that support effective transitions planning across NCL.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Registration as a Social Worker, Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Mental Health Nurse/or a relevant professional qualification.
  • Evidence of continued professional development.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to co-ordinate delivery of regular and timely CETRs for children and young people, with the aim of reducing admissions and improving care planning that supports individuals effectively in the community.
  • Ability to work with operational professionals to deliver robust multi-disciplinary and multi-agency care management.

Experience

Essential

  • A sound understanding and insight into care management practice, commissioning and funding arrangements for children’s health and care within the statutory sector
  • Ability to oversee complex support plans and risk assessments, assess need and risk, including the impact of neurodevelopmental differences or disabilities, behaviours of concern and mental health on day-to-day functioning.

Desirable

  • Experience of commissioning within health or social care settings.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

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