Community Connector (Mental Health Resilience Worker)

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone. Community Connector (Mental Health Resilience Worker) Post no: 654 Working base: Dunstable CMHT (Community Mental Health Team) LU5 Occasional cover at Leighton Buzzard Contract type: Permanent Salary: £26,600 per annum Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday Thank you for your interest in this exciting role as a Community Connector. About the Service We work under the supervision of the NHS Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) across Central Bedfordshire, Luton and Bedford, employed and managed by Mind BLMK, who receive funding for this transformational offer. We are privileged to be able to work holistically with people who are under the CMHT, struggling with a range of mental health issues. Our service users are people with a range of mild/moderate/severe mental health diagnosis of anxiety, depression, paranoid schizophrenia, bipolar, EUPD, BPD, substance misuse including alcohol and people with suicide ideation. Often people present with high risks and once we take them onto our caseload we support them in managing their symptoms to reduce risk and to enable them to access ..... full job details .....