Community Connector - Mental Health Professional

Working within a multi-disciplinary team, the Community Connector provides a first-point-of-contact mental health service within GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs). The role includes assessments and brief psychosocial interventions, as well as coordinating access to community resources that support mental, physical, and social wellbeing. Location: East Guildford or Walton-on-Thames Salary: £30,280 (pro rata if part-time) Hours: 35 hours per week (East Guildford), 22.5 hours per week (Walton-on-Thames) Contract type: Permanent Key responsibilities: Work jointly with the Mental Health Practitioner in conducting assessments, including risk assessment, and to work with patients to support them in identifying their socially determined needs and goals, provide self-management tools and facilitate the development of personal support plans Provide a range of motivational and structured psychosocial interventions Promote independence through an enabling asset-based approach that draws on individuals'' strengths, preferences and ''natural'' support networks Establish effective working relationships with a range of agencies to facilitate a ''joined up'' approach to support plans Liaise with, develop and maintain good relations with GPs, practice managers and other health practitioners across mental health and physical health pathways and wider support networks Provide continuity throughout recovery; engaging the patient with key services such as Safe Havens, accessing ..... full job details .....