Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
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Job Description
Applications are invited from qualified Associated Psychological Practitioners or Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners. The post will provide assessment, psychological skills-based interventions, and group work for the care of Service Users within the Burnley and Pendle CMHTs. The post holder will work alongside a Clinical Psychologist and a Senior Psychological Therapist, as well as other mental health professionals in the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT).
The teams provide services to people with complex mental health needs using a model of trauma-informed care. The post holder will be operationally managed within the teams as a core team member, while strong professional leadership works alongside to support the role.
- An interest in working with individuals experiencing significant levels of distress and complexity will be essential.
- Good team working skills are essential.
- Skills in group approaches, or an interest in developing these, would be an asset.
- The post holder will also have opportunities to support with service development and evaluation.
Clinical and professional supervision is provided, and a growing network of complex cases and an expanding menu of psychological therapy models afford excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their skills in MDT working and psychologically informed care in a secondary context.
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Key Responsibilities
- To work alongside service users, families, carers, and multi-disciplinary team members to coordinate care as a key worker, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.
- To deliver a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
About LSCFT
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognizing that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
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Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
Flexible Working
LSCFT supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, and flexi-time.
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Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Rachel Feather
- Job Title: Team Leader
- Email Address: rachel.feather@lscft.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01282 657387
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