Community Mental Health Practitioner: Sector Teams

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Burnley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinician to undertake mental health assessments and provide evidence-based interventions for children and young people. The post involves collaboration with families and a multi-disciplinary team, delivering care in hospital and community settings.

You will work under Team Co-Leaders and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, liaising with Health, Social Services, Education and other agencies to support children and families.

Qualifications

• Undertake mental health assessments and provide appropriate, evidence-based clinical interventions for children and young people.
• Provide support, advice and consultation to families, carers and other professionals.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team and as a sole practitioner when required.
• Ensure clinical work is guided by best-evidence practice and guidelines, with reflection and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver services in hospital settings and community venues.
• Attend and contribute to clinical supervision forums to enhance practice.
• Liaise with other professionals across agencies (Health, Social Services, Education, Voluntary Services).
• Educate children’s mental health needs in family and social settings.

Job description

The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessments and clinical intervention for children and young people referred to service. The post holder will provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by the assessed individual need. The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.

This post holder will work under the direction of the Team Co-Leaders and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists within the Sector Teams.

Undertake assessments of problems and provide appropriate therapeutic interventions and advice to children and/or their families/carers.

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in addition to working as a sole practitioner, contributing to assessment and treatment decisions.

Ensure that clinical work is determined by best evidence based practice and available guidelines, displays clear and logical structure in its implementation and is subject to reflection and evaluation.

Deliver services within a hospital setting and community venues.

Attend and contribute to organized clinical supervision forums with the aim of enhancing one's own and others clinical practice.

Liaise and work, with other professionals involved with children and their families/carers, from agencies such as Health, Social Services, Education, Voluntary Services etc.

Work with other professionals in Primary or Secondary Care settings to educate children's mental health needs in families and social settings.

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.

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.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Preedy Job title: Recruiting Manager Email address: [e-mail]