CYPMH Practitioner

LSCft; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the Child and Young People’s Mental Health Service. You will deliver evidence-based interventions, assess needs, and contribute to care planning within a multi-disciplinary team.

The post supports families and carers, with a focus on THRIVE model principles and holistic care in a dynamic transforming service. DBS checks and professional registration are required.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker or Registered Occupational Therapist (HCPC/NMC registered)
• CAMHS experience or child psychology training desirable
• Therapeutic skills relevant to children and young people with complex needs

Responsibilities

• Deliver profession-specific mental health interventions within care plans
• Assess care needs and contribute to formulation and plan development with families
• Coordinate reviews and use outcome measures with the multi-disciplinary team
• Support children and families, including those presenting self-harm, within CYPMH services

Skills

Experience with children and families

Interpersonal communication

Job description

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long‑term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist, ideally with some recent experience working with children and young people with mental health difficulties or experience in working within Mental Health (please refer to person specification for more information). The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self‑motivation, have the ability to case manage and will display excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to establish good working relationships essential to the success of the service.

This role is for a qualified registered practitioner. The post holder will deliver profession specific mental health interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of children and families. The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to the formulation of the child/young person and family’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the child/young person and family’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence‑based interventions. The post holder, in conjunction with the multi‑disciplinary team, will provide mental health evidence‑based interventions to support the child/young person and family to meet their agreed goals. The post holder will coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising agreed outcome measures, involving the child/young person and their family throughout their care.

Main duties of the job

Are you someone interested in working in a Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service?

This is an exciting opportunity for you to enter into a rewarding role in a transforming service.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team within Child and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (CYPMH). As part of the team you will take a role in delivering 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, 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. You will be supported by senior members of the team within this role.

The CYPMH services within LCFT are undergoing a transformation programme to implement the THRIVE model as a response to the Five Year Forward View. To meet this forward thinking view we are specifically looking for practitioners with a modern mind‑set and an enthusiasm for the new model.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information regarding this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Mental Health/Registered Social Worker or Registered Occupational Therapist
• Additional further training or experience in CAMHS and child psychology
• Specific therapeutic skills relevant to children and young people with complex needs

Knowledge

• Ability to assess mental health needs, develop care plans and deliver appropriate interventions
• Specific skills and knowledge in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to this client group
• Good knowledge of legislation, acts and developments relevant to the field of children, young people and mental health

Experience

• Experience of working with children, young people and families
• Experience in assessing mental health needs
• Experience in assessing mental health needs of children and young people

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.