Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest, working alongside East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) and other local voluntary sector providers, is recruiting into two new exciting Community Connector roles.
The two Community Connectors will be working as part of local neighborhood multi-disciplinary mental health teams alongside other professionals from primary care, secondary care and the voluntary sector.
You will be supporting people with complex mental health and social needs, developing personalised, local, holistic offers with each individual and connecting them with the most appropriate support in their neighbourhoods. The role will initially focus on providing support to people remotely and connecting people to online resources.
Both posts are fixed term until 31st March 2021 with the potential for further extension. To apply, please send us a supporting statement setting out why you are interested in the job and how you meet the requirements of the person specification (please cite specific examples), together with your CV via the "Apply Now" button below.
The deadline for applications is Monday, 13th July 2020. Should you feel you need more time to apply, contact the HR Team to let us know. Interviews are expected to be held the week commencing 20th July.
Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
We are a disability confident employer. All applicants with a disability, who meet the minimum essential short-listing criteria are guaranteed an interview. If this applies to you, please email us the attached equal opportunities form to the HR Team.
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Community Connector - Mental Health Professional x 2
1x Based in Epsom
1x Based Ewell
12 Month Fixed Term Contract (may extend depending on funding)
Mary Frances Trust (MFT) is a charity organisation established in 1994 by people who used mental health services, carers and professionals to support people with any mental or emotional health problems.
Our Mission
Our mission is to:
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Work alongside people experiencing any kind of emotional or mental health issues for as long as they need and inspire them to develop the skills that will help them to restore and maintain their emotional wellbeing.
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Involve people with experience of mental health at every level of the organisation so they can help us design, deliver, monitor, and review our services to ensure they respond to their changing needs.
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Consistently challenge stigma attached to mental illness and raise awareness of the importance for everyone to look after their mental wellbeing.
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Lead and co-ordinate the development and delivery of first-class, voluntary mental health services in Surrey.
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Maintain sufficient funding streams to be able to provide person-centred services to people experiencing any kind of emotional or mental issues.
Background to Role:
NHS England recently announced a new transformation fund to be allocated to pilot sites within 12 Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships/ Integrated Care Systems across the country to test new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care. Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership is one of these successful pilot sites.
Extended appointments with mental health experts from the NHS, social care and specialist third sector organisations, plus access to therapies, physical health checks and pharmacists, are just some of the wider expertise patients will be able to access in their local GP practice and in the community under new ways of working. Patients will be able to explore the situation affecting their wellbeing – whether that is an ongoing mental or physical health problem, loneliness, debt, or other issues. They can then be guided to appropriate resources that may help, including talking therapies, benefits advice, or an introduction to a local community group.
Role of Community Connector
The role of the Community Connector is fundamental to the developing of these innovative new teams and mental health services based within networks of GP Practices (Primary Care Networks - PCNs). The role will support the ongoing development and mobilisation of integrated primary care mental health services.
Providing a primary care mental health service within this context refers to:
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First level of intervention
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Ease of access
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A multidisciplinary approach working a range of professionals across PCN’s inclusive of GP’s, Practice nurses, Mental Health Practitioners, Pharmacists and Clinical Psychologist.
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Coordinating and supporting patients to access to a wide range of community services and resources including social care, housing, family, debt and employment counselling that support maintaining good health and wellbeing
As a lead provider of the Community Connections service Surrey, Mary Frances Trust are now looking to recruit 2 x Community Connector to be based at a GP Clinics in Epsom and Ewell.
At times, this post will include some lone working and as such the ideal person will be comfortable working this way.
Please apply in the first instance online, with CV to receive application form and Job Description
Alternatively, please download application form and Job Description from Mary Frances Trust Website.
The role is presently a 12-month fixed term contract which may be extended depending on the project outcome and funding.
Closing Date: 7 August 2020
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.