Community Connector - Mental Health
| Posting date: | 25 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,280.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £30280.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | Woking, GU22 7NJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0580-26-0001 |
Summary
To 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 To provide a range of motivational and structured psycho-social interventions To promote independence through an enabling asset based approach that draws on individuals strengths, preferences and natural support networks To establish effective working relationships with a range of agencies to facilitate a joined up approach to support plans To 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 To provide continuity throughout recovery; engaging the patient with key services such as Safe Havens, accessing CMHRS, and providing support for those engaged with and leaving CMHRS, and linking into local wellbeing services and activities To co-ordinate and support patients to access a range of community services such as wellbeing services, housing providers, family and carer support services, debt and employer advisors where appropriate To assist with community resource mapping exercises and maintain a database of community resources; map where there are gaps in provision across the PCN and wider geography and work with other VCS organisations to develop resources where most needed To promote and support (where necessary) advised follow up actions from physical health checks for people with serious mental illness To support patients to engage with local peer support workers and volunteering services To support and supervise any peer support workers linked to PCN To work with the service to identify opportunities to expand provision particularly in local communities where there is a lack of service provision identified To broker and establish new partnerships between public and voluntary sector agencies to enhance service delivery and access to services To develop and sustain professional relationships with service users, partner agencies and appropriate external agencies To complete locally agreed quality outcome measures, with patients and to undertake regular reviews