Senior Mental Health Liaison Worker Older Adult Mental Health
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves managing a caseload and providing structured guidance and support to the broader neighbourhood team, including mental health professionals, GPs, and voluntary sector staff. The post holder will promote awareness and best practices for older adults with mild to moderate to severe mental health challenges. It requires collaboration with existing services and developing connections with community resources, ensuring high-quality support for older individuals facing mental health issues.
Key responsibilities
- Screen referrals from GPs and other professionals for individual assessments, and participate in daily referral meetings.
- Conduct mental health assessments for older adults with mental health conditions who do not qualify for the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
- Serve as a liaison with Primary Care Services, Adult Social Care (ASC), and Neighborhood teams.
- Escalate cases to the specialized older adult CMHT, integrated care team, or diagnostic memory clinic when the patient's needs align better with these services.
- Ensure that any adult safeguarding concerns are raised and handled according to ELFTS and ASC policies, following Section 42 of the Care Act.
- Operate independently to make clinical judgments, assess alternative actions, and provide advice on clinical cases concerning older adult patients and those with comorbidities.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Allied Health Professional
- Substantial post-registration experience in older adults mental health in community settings
- oExperience of autonomous caseload management, including assessment, intervention planning and evaluation
- oExperience of assessment and intervention planning for older adults with dementia and/or mental health conditions
- oUnderstanding of comorbidities that may affect older age and mental health
- oExperience of being involved in a service or quality improvement proje
- oExperience of providing training/education and presentations
- oDocumented evidence of CPD
- o Demonstrable experience of having received and engaged with clinical supervision
- oAbility work autonomously, and manage a complex caseload with minimal supervision
- oAbility to communicate with a wide range of professionals
- oAbility to effectively prioritize workload
- oAbility to collect biopsychosocial information from a variety of sources and independently make clinical judgments and create care plans based on the analysis of the information
- oUnderstanding of biopsychosocial issues that can impact the health and wellbeing of older people
- oKnowledge of specific legislation and policies pertinent to older adult mental health and dementia
- oEffective written, oral and communication skills
- oUnderstanding of team dynamics and ability to work effectively as part of a team
- oKnowledge of word-processing, powerpoint and spreadsheet applications, and electronic record
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate diploma level equivalent training in a relevant area o
- Short specialist courses relating to dementia and/or older adult mental health
- Student Educator Training
- non-medical prescribing or working towards
- o Experience of supervising staff and/or students
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East London NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Mental Health Liaison Worker Older Adult Mental Health
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Mental Health Nurse with experience in working with older adults. The post holder will manage a caseload and provide structured guidance, supervision, and support to the broader neighbourhood team, including other mental health professionals, GPs, and staff from the voluntary sector.
This role involves promoting awareness and best practices for older adults facing mild to moderate mental health challenges, as well as those with more severe conditions.
The post holder will actively encourage positive attitudes and a consistent approach to the assessment and treatment of this patient group.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for overseeing a segment of Neighborhood Services and Primary Care Networks, ensuring high-quality support for older individuals facing mental health challenges. This role will require close collaboration with current services as well as the development of connections with other pertinent community resources. Experience in an Older Adults Community Mental Health setting is essential, as the position includes guiding and supporting colleagues who work with this population.
Responsibilities will include contributing to neighborhood referral meetings and serving as a liaison
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