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Community Connector

eSift Ltd
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Woking, Surrey GU21 4NR, England

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Our client is a non-profit organization in Surrey focused on supporting health and wellbeing for over 30 years.
  • They are seeking a Community Connector – Mental Health to assist GP Surgeries, offering a salary of £28,000 per annum for a permanent position with 35 hours per week.
  • The role involves working collaboratively with various healthcare professionals to enhance integrated primary care mental health services.
  • Candidates should have a relevant diploma or degree, community experience in mental health, and good communication skills, with a preference for those who can travel independently.
  • This position is subject to a DBS check, and past drug, alcohol, or criminal history will not automatically disqualify applicants.
Our client is a non-profit organisation working with people to support their health and wellbeing.  Established for over 30 years, they have provided services alongside a variety of statutory and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) colleagues in Surrey and its boarders. They believe change is achievable when offered by a flexible, respectful, inclusive and a non-judgemental approach.  They are currently looking for a Community Connector – Mental Health to support GP Surgeries.  Salary: £28,000 Per AnnumHours: 35 hoursDuration: PermanentCompany Benefits:  26 days annual leave (rising with service) + bank holidays + 1 extra days leave on your birthday, Pension, Access to Simply Health, Blended working, Employee discount programme and more…..Location – Surrey Wide This is an exciting opportunity as 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.  The role of the Community Connector is fundamental to the development of these innovative new teams and mental health services based within networks of GP Practices (Primary Care Networks).  The role will support the ongoing development and mobilisation of integrated primary care mental health services.  You will take a multidisciplinary approach working with a range of professionals across PCN’s inclusive of GP’s, Practise Nurses, Mental Health Practitioners, Pharmacists and Clinical Psychologists.  Being the first port of call for GPs in seeking support for managing their patients with mental health presentations, providing an early intervention and promoting early triage, assessment and formulation of need and care plans. You will be co-ordinating and supporting patients to access a wide range of community services and resources including social care, housing, family debt and employment counselling and many other services helping individuals to focus on achievable goals.     This post is subject to a DBS check.  Please note past drug and/or alcohol or criminality history will not necessarily discount you from undertaking this roleOur ideal applicant will have/be;  
  • A Diploma or degree in appropriate subject (Counselling, Psychology, Mental Health, Social Work, Health and Social Care etc) and / or community experience of drug, alcohol, mental health work
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Ability to travel around the area required for the role, own transport is ideally preferred
  eSift have been appointed as the resource partner and we are managing this role on behalf of our client. To apply for this position please click on the “apply now” button below.  Your CV will then be held on our central database, if for any reason you do not wish us to retain your details please contact us via .

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.