Senior Community Connector – Mental Health
Job Description
Job title: Senior Community Connector – Mental Health
Company: Community Links (London)
Job description: Company Descriptionis a hub tackling health and social inequality in East London and beyond. We work alongside the community helping people of all ages reach their full potential. We take our local knowledge of what works to influence national decision making. We are proud to be part of Catch22.Catch22 is a social business which design and delivers services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. We believe that people can thrive when they have a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose.If you share our values and commitment to transforming people’s lives, get in touch!Job DescriptionA full job description can be accessed .The Community Connectors programme is an exciting partnership between Community Links, Aston Mansfield, Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham, and the NHS East London Foundation Trust (ELFT).Community Connectors work with ELFT under what is called the Mental Health Transformation Programme. The ethos of the programme is recovery focused, exploring needs through complexity (rather than diagnosis), a focus on a person’s strengths and assets, and on the wider determinants of health and wellbeing.The Senior Community Connector will supervise and work alongside Community Connectors, providing guidance and day to day support, as well as managing a smaller caseload of people living with a serious mental illness or SMI. Specifically, the Senior Community Connector will lead on work developing strong relationships with multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) who work with primary care networks or PCNs (clusters of GP practices) across Newham.The Senior Community Connector will help to identify themes and emerging need, develop further support pathways for service users, and be an important link between local experts and local assets.The Senior Community Connector will be supported by Community Links management to ensure the Community Connector team remains a vibrant, dynamic, and high performing team, meeting key programme aims and objectives.Above all, the Senior Community Connector will act as an ambassador for the Community Connector team, programme, and vision – with an emphasis on ensuring strong awareness/publicity of the value that the role and programme brings to the Mental Health Transformation programme and the people it serves.QualificationsRequired qualifications and person specification can be accessed .Additional InformationPlace of work: Community Links offices (105 Barking Road) and East London NHS Foundation Trust (within the Network of Primary Care)Hours of work: Full-time, 37 hours per weekSalary/Grade: £34,398 per annumReports to: Primary Care Network Lead (ELFT) / Assistant Director (Community Links)Level of screening: Enhanced DBSRemote working: Please note, in the main, remote working does not apply to this roleCommunity Links is totally committed to equality of opportunity and supporting diversity and inclusion in both services to the community and in the employment of people. Community Links expects all employees to understand and promote its policies in their work.See the benefits of working for Catch22 .Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.See the benefits of working for Catch22 .Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.
Expected salary: £34398 per year
Location: London
