Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitioner - CYPMH
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This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS).
As part of the team you will take a leadership role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers. Working within a systemic and holistic framework you will undertake needs led, evidence based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people, their families and carers, who present to the service. These assessments will also include young people needing support due to deliberate self-harm.
Applications are invited from qualified Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists with experience of working with children and young people, who can demonstrate their skills, knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties using a competency based framework.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed CYPMH Practitioner to join our Fylde and Wyre team. Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you will provide high quality assessment and clinical intervention with children, young people and their parents/carers referred to the service. You will contribute to the business aims of the service through joint working, consultation, training, and attending supervision.
In relation to service delivery, the successful candidate would also be expected to support the team lead and manager in the operational running of the service and further development of pathways of care. The role also involves undertaking some aspects of line management, as appropriate and delegated by the team supervisor/lead.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising 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.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe 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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Emma Hill
- Job title: Recruiting Manager
- Email address: Emma.Hill@lscft.nhs.uk
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