Link Worker

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

Exciting opportunities have arisen following a review of provision of mental health services for older people at West London NHS Trust. We are in the fortunate position of transforming and expanding our service to meet the needs of older people with moderate to severe mental health needs. We are looking for a band 4 Link Workers to join our Older People’s Mental Health (OPMHS) to join our new team. If you are interested to join a team of enthusiastic and committed professionals in delivering the NHS Long Term Plan for Older Adults Mental Health services (2019), this will be an ideal role for you.

SOAMHS is part of the Older Peoples Mental Health Service (OPMHS) line and has sister teams in three Boroughs, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and Hounslow

Hammersmith and Fulham SOAMHS is a small dynamic and unique team that needs an enthusiastic professional to provide a leading role in offering patients with complex enduring mental health needs and their carers assessments treatment and care.

We are recruiting 1 Band 4 Link Worker for Hammersmith and Fulham catchment area.

We want to hear from you if you are dedicated, flexible, forward thinking with skills and desire to work with older people with mental health difficulties and physical healthcare issues.

This post is ideal for a Link Worker who wants to work with older people in the community who have mental health difficulties. We ensure as an employer that the required support you will be part of a new team and as such will be at the forefront of this pioneering work.

The post holder will work under the supervision higher banded nurse. The post holder will carry a defined caseload of patients. They will utilise their clinical knowledge and skills in the assessment and care of Older Adults with functional mental health problems in the community. They will work within a multi-disciplinary team to undertake the facilitation of groups and individual therapeutic activities.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

The post holder is expected to contribute to departmental and Trust improvement projects.

Hammersmith and Fulham borough has an excellent public transport links therefore having a car or driving is not essential.

We want to hear from you if you are dedicated, flexible, forward thinking with clinical skills and experience in working therapeutically with older people with mental health difficulties.

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