Mental Health Link Worker

You will provide a support, signposting, and ongoing

referral service to patients with low level mental health issues. You will do this

through referrals from GP Practices and other

PCN services. You will be the first point of contact for people accessing

mental health services through their GP and help them navigate and understand

their care pathway. You will do so through active listening, guidance,

explaining onward referral routes and encouraging participation in the

community through signposting to local mental health services. You will refer

onwards to more specialised services and work with these services to support

patients to navigate their care and promote autonomy, self-help and provide

resources and action planning to improve outcomes for patients who are

struggling with low level mental health issues.

the service within GP practices, developing close working relationships with

the teams. To provide a telephone based mental health service to patients with

low level mental health issues. To appropriately risk assess patients to

minimise harm and identify harm reduction where this is needed. To complete

referrals and signpost to specialist support effectively where necessary. To

provide short term interventions to support patients whilst they wait to access

appropriate specialist provision. To enable patients to manage their own mental

and emotional health by using coping strategies and challenging behaviour patterns.

To develop support plans with individuals which promote choice and complement

any medical treatment or advice. To identify any barriers to people accessing

services and activities and work with individuals to overcome these. Use a

range of techniques to support people. To facilitate access to recommended

community-based interventions and programmes of activity that benefit health

and wellbeing. To monitor and record contacts and outcomes within clinical systems.

To build networks with local community resources such as activities and

services that may have an impact on mental health and wellbeing and support

individuals to access these. To develop multi-agency working across communities

and address health inequality. To liaise with other professionals as

appropriate. To undertake clinical supervision to ensure safe therapeutic

practice

Woodsley & Holt Park PCN is a large primary care network (PCN) with a combined patient population of approximately 100,000 across 10 GP practices, covering the areas of Woodhouse, Kirkstall, Burley,Hyde Park, Headingley,Cookridge and Horsforth. . The PCN footprint is of mixed diversity with pockets of deprivation and health inequalities. As one of the largest PCNs in Leeds we work at pace to deliver high quality services to our patients, which will evolve with the continuing development of the PCN.

Qualifications

Experience

Desirable: - Up to date working knowledge regarding Safeguarding Children and Adults; - Experience of using SystmOne and/or EMIS