Mental Health Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; South Ribble; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner in South Ribble. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and a passion for working collaboratively with families. Responsibilities include performing mental health assessments and facilitating interventions. Flexible working options are available. Applications are encouraged before 13 Oct 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Passionate about safeguarding children.
• Willingness to reflect and adapt to service developments.
• Experience in mental health practice with families.

Responsibilities

• Complete mental health needs and risk screening assessments.
• Signpost service users to relevant services.
• Assist service users in engaging with mental health services.
• Co-facilitate training and workshops on mental health.

Skills

Organised

Compassionate

Reflective

Collaboration

Education

Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (RMN, SW, OT)

Job description

Overview

Would you like a protected caseload (maximum of 15), without care coordination responsibilities, so you can focus on providing collaborative psychosocial interventions? Look no further. This could be the job you've been looking for!

Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join our Family Safeguarding Service as a Mental Health Practitioner based in Lancashire on a permanent full-time basis (flexible working options are available). This post is open to those with a Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (RMN, SW, OT).

What we are looking for

We are looking for an organised, compassionate, and reflective individual who is passionate about working collaboratively with families to safeguard children. Are you an energetic, skilled mental health professional? Are you somebody that relishes change and service development? Do you see the opportunity to positively influence a person\'s emotional health and well-being as a privilege? If so, we want you to join us on our journey to be the best we can be for our families.

About the service

The service is funded by Lancashire County Council to provide specialist assessment and treatment for parents of children open to the Family Safeguarding Service who have identified mental health difficulties which are impacting upon their ability to safeguard their children. The integrated service is positioned at the primary care level, offering preventative early intervention.

Responsibilities

• Completing mental health needs and risk screening assessments.
• Signposting service users to relevant services or referrals to Clinical Psychologists within Family Safeguarding Service.
• Consulting on mental health issues to teams within the Family Safeguarding Service.
• Attending team meetings and group supervisions as needed in Family Safeguarding team.
• Assisting the service user to engage in relevant adult mental health services and contributing to the development and implementation of service evaluation measures.
• Undertaking short-term supportive, psychologically informed intervention work with parents who have anxiety and other mental health difficulties that impacts upon their ability to engage with the Family Safeguarding Service.
• Co-facilitating training, workshops, and disseminating knowledge of mental health difficulties across the team.

Organisation context

The Family Safeguarding Service is based within Lancashire County Council (LCC) and the Mental Health Team within Family Safeguarding is employed by Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) and seconded to LCC. We therefore work closely with both organisations. LSCFT provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Working patterns

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

How to apply

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025