Case Management Officer - London, United Kingdom - Novax Recruitment Ltd

Novax Recruitment Ltd
Novax Recruitment Ltd
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Case Management Officer

Lewisham

Contract

£20 Umbrella P.H
We are currently looking for a Case Management Officer for a role with Lewisham.

The Case Management Officer work in both hospital-based and community-based mental health teams supporting working-age adults to make informed choices and decisions about their use of resources, support and services, with the aim of sustaining or improving their quality of life and well-being.


Working to integrated Lewisham's model of health and social care, CMOs will carry a caseload with a particular focus on progressing the safe and timely discharge of clinically stable service-users.

CMOs work within multi-disciplinary teams alongside health and care professionals and colleagues from the voluntary sector.


CMOs act as the main point of contact for service-users and their unpaid carers, and empower them to optimise their independence, make the most of personal budgets and community resources.

They carry out a range of Care Act interventions including safeguarding adults and arranging, where appropriate high-quality community-based packages of care on behalf of the Council and the NHS CCG.


CMOs work directly with individuals and groups supporting them through initiatives to facilitate and support increased individual and community capacity, social inclusion and community networks, reciprocal support and sustainable caring roles by taking a strength based approach to case work.


  • To be the key point of contact within Health and Social Care services for eligible clients completing assessments and reassessments of need / resource entitlement within the context of a strength based approach.
  • Provide high quality information to vulnerable adults, carers and relevant stakeholders in order to promote wellbeing and prevention initiatives.
  • Work in partnership with appropriate health, housing and community stakeholders for the benefit of vulnerable adults around i.e. signposting, referrals, multidisciplinary working, joint assessments and relevant meetings.
  • Develop personalised support / care plans with individuals, their unpaid carers and other stakeholders as appropriate. Or, to act as a point of contact for the client, their unpaid carers or an external support planner / broker who may be developing the support plan.
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