B7 ICT Mental Health and Dementia Link Practitioner

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving the lives of older adults living with dementia and mental health needs? We are looking for a compassionate, motivated and skilled practitioner to join our Older People's Mental Health Service, working as part of the ICT in Farnham.

In this rewarding role, you will provide high-quality, person-centred mental health and cognitive assessments, brief interventions, care coordination, and signposting for adults with dementia and associated mental health needs who are housebound, living in care homes, or supported within primary care. You will help ensure people receive timely support, reducing the risk of deterioration and preventing individuals from falling between services.

Working collaboratively with GPs, community teams, social care, voluntary organisations and specialist mental health services, you will use your expertise to support patients, carers and families, contribute to personalised care planning and risk management, and facilitate appropriate onward referrals where needed.

We are looking for someone who shares our commitment to delivering compassionate, high-quality care and who will uphold the Trust's values while making a meaningful difference to the lives of older people and those who support them.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:undertake holistic mental health and cognitive assessments support post-diagnostic interventions and reviews provide recommendations to primary care colleagues support care planning and risk management facilitate onward referral where required strengthen integration between primary care, community services, memory services, voluntary sector and secondary mental health services.The role will also contribute to education, consultation and professional support within the wider multidisciplinary team to improve understanding of dementia and mental health needs within Farnham community settings.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

We look forward to receiving your application!