Older Adult Community Connector - Mental Health
The role involves providing holistic support to older adults suffering from a serious mental illness or SMI. Service users will have a single or range of diagnosed conditions, will be known to ELFT and will therefore have a range of needs, including symptoms of anxiety or depression, or have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Specifically, the Older Adult Community Connector will work with multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) who sit within primary care networks or PCNs (clusters of GP practices) across Newham, and will support people in accessing appropriate local services, embodying a true example of wrap around support.
Older Adult Community Connectors will 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.
Above all, the Older Adult Community Connector will be a strong networker who is able to engage multiple stakeholders for the betterment of service user welfare and outcomes.
Your formal location will be Stratford Advice Arcade at 107-109 The Grove London E15 1HP, as well as within the Primary Care Network in Newham.
Job Details
| Job Title | Older Adult Community Connector – Mental Health |
| Contract |
This contracted post is for 35 hours per week. We welcome application for flexible working including reduced hours and other flexible working arrangements. This is a fixed term contract ending 30 May 2027 |
| Salary |
£32,993 FTE Plus 5% employer pension contribution. Organisational annual pay award pending. |
Application Pack
Please download the full application pack here, including key tasks and the person specification.
How to Apply
Please click here to fill in the application form: APPLICATION FORM
If you have issues with the application form please contact us at recruitment@ageukeastlondon.org.uk
Recrutiment Timetable
Deadline to receive applications: Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at midnight
Interviews: wk/c 8th June (1 round of interviews)
Have any questions? If you want to find out more about the recruitment process or the role, please contact our People Department by emailing on: hr@ageukeastlondon.org.uk