Mindworks Hub Outreach Liaison Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced and motivated Outreach Liaison Practitioner to join the Mindworks Hub team. You will work with children and young people facing complex mental health challenges, acting as the Lead Professional for a small caseload. The position involves coordinating care, strengthening support networks, and extensive partnership working to ensure young people receive appropriate support. Travel across Surrey and home visits are essential.
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-qualification experience, including experience of working as a Band 6 (or equivalent level) within a community setting
- Significant experience working with children and young people (CYP) with mental health needs in community-based environments
- Proven ability to carry out comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, including risk formulation, crisis and contingency planning, and the use of outcome measures
- NMC/HCPC
- Driving Licence and use of vehicle for work
- Strong understanding of formulation-led practice and its application in complex and high-risk cases
- Experience in developing and implementing care plans that address risk and safeguard children or vulnerable individuals
- Sound knowledge of family functioning, with the ability to apply a systemic, whole family approach
- Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures and statutory responsibilities
- Experience of working effectively across multi-agency systems, developing collaborative and coordinated approaches to care
- Ability to lead, contribute to, and support multidisciplinary and formulation meetings, including offering guidance and challenge where appropriate
- Experience of supporting and developing others, including delivering training through a range of approaches
- Ability to identify gaps in provision and contribute to service development, improving outcomes for children and young people
- Experience in managing and responding to complaints in line with organisational expectations and professional standards
- Experience of working within partnership frameworks such as i-THRIVE, supporting needs-led, outcome-focused care across the system
- Extensive post-qualification experience, including experience of working as a Band 6 (or equivalent level) within a community setting
- Significant experience working with children and young people (CYP) with mental health needs in community-based environments
- Proven ability to carry out comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, including risk formulation, crisis and contingency planning, and the use of outcome measures
- NMC/HCPC
- Driving Licence and use of vehicle for work
- Strong understanding of formulation-led practice and its application in complex and high-risk cases
- Experience in developing and implementing care plans that address risk and safeguard children or vulnerable individuals
- Sound knowledge of family functioning, with the ability to apply a systemic, whole family approach
- Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures and statutory responsibilities
- Experience of working effectively across multi-agency systems, developing collaborative and coordinated approaches to care
- Ability to lead, contribute to, and support multidisciplinary and formulation meetings, including offering guidance and challenge where appropriate
- Experience of supporting and developing others, including delivering training through a range of approaches
- Ability to identify gaps in provision and contribute to service development, improving outcomes for children and young people
- Experience in managing and responding to complaints in line with organisational expectations and professional standards
- Experience of working within partnership frameworks such as i-THRIVE, supporting needs-led, outcome-focused care across the system
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £51,657 – £58,785 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Mindworks Hub Outreach Liaison Practitioner
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Make a Difference Where It Matters Most Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people facing complex mental health challenges?
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Outreach Liaison Practitioner to join our dynamic Mindworks Hub team. This is a unique opportunity to work at the centre of an innovative, multi-agency service, supporting children, young people and families whose needs require intensive coordination, creative problem-solving, and strong professional leadership.
As an Outreach Liaison Practitioner, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that children and young people receive the right support at the right time, particularly those whose needs have not been met through traditional pathways.
Main duties of the job
About the Role You will hold a small, focused caseload of children and young people with complex and often longstanding needs, acting as the Lead Professional to coordinate care and strengthen support networks around them.
You will work with young people who:
- Are at risk of placement breakdown or escalation
- Struggle to step down following extended interventions
- Find it difficult to engage with traditional therapeutic pathways due to sy
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