Care Coordinator
The closing date is 08 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Care Coordinator to join our welcoming and supportive South and West Community Mental Health Team.
Based in Bradford, we are seeking enthusiastic clinicians who are passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care to older adults within our diverse communities.
As a Care Coordinator, you will manage a caseload of service users, providing holistic assessments, care coordination, and recovery-focused interventions. You will support individuals with complex mental health needs, memory difficulties, reduced mobility, and social isolation, helping them maintain independence and improve their quality of life.
The role includes working within a multidisciplinary team and contributing to the ongoing development of the Memory Assessment Service, including the pre-diagnostic assessment pathway.
We are looking for caring, resilient, and motivated professionals with excellent communication skills and a commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care. In return, you will join a friendly and experienced team that values collaboration, innovation, equality, and professional development, providing excellent opportunities to enhance your skills and progress your career.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 5 Care Coordinator, you will deliver high-quality community mental health care to older adults, managing a caseload and coordinating person-centred support in line with Trust policies and professional standards.
You will:
- Undertake comprehensive mental health, risk and care needs assessments.
- Develop, implement and review care plans, acting as Care Coordinator for a designated caseload.Work collaboratively with service users, carers, multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies.
- Identify and manage risks, including deterioration in mental health, self-harm, suicide risk and safeguarding concerns.Coordinate referrals and access to appropriate services and interventions.
- Monitor, administer and support compliance with prescribed medication in line with Trust policies and professional guidelines.
- Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive clinical records.
- Promote recovery, independence, equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of care.
- Work within the requirements of relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act.
We are seeking motivated and compassionate clinicians with experience of working with people experiencing mental health difficulties. You will possess strong assessment, communication and care coordination skills, be able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, and demonstrate excellent organisational and time-management abilities.
Closing Date: 8th October 2026
Shortlisting Date: w/c 12th October 2026
Interview Date: TBC
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care- We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen- We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver- We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 4500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible
Details
Date posted
21 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year Per Annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
453-26-8272701
Job locations
South and West OPMH team
99 Horton Park Avenue
Bradford
BD7 3EG
United Kingdom
Employer details
Employer name
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
South and West OPMH team
99 Horton Park Avenue
Bradford
BD7 3EG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
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