Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/SW)

LSCft; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the Pennine West Home Based Treatment Team in Blackburn. The role provides care and treatment for service users in acute mental health crises at home with a compassionate, person-centred approach.

The post supports professional development, requires experience with complex mental health needs, and offers flexible working patterns within an integrated MDT

Qualifications

• Experience with collaborative care planning and engaging carers.
• Proven ability to undertake risk assessment and document risks.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team (MDT).
• Strong communication with service users, carers and teams.
• Willingness to work a 24-hour shift pattern.

Responsibilities

• Undertake collaborative care planning with service users and their carers.
• Undertake risk assessment and record risks in line with the trust policy
• Undertake shift co-ordination when allocated to do so.
• Participate in MDT and agree plans with patients in relation to their care.
• Maintain knowledge of evidence-based home treatment interventions and deliver these interventions.
• Undertake gatekeeping assessments to ensure service users are treated in the least restrictive environment.
• Undertake allocation of shift co-ordination.
• Demonstrate care that fosters patient engagement and supports service user and carer experience.

Skills

Care planning

Risk assessment

MDT collaboration

Communication skills

Home treatment care

Education

Registered Mental Health Practitioner

Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working over 7 days (does not include night working)) Job ref 351-PEN1160-VD-B

Site Home Treatment Team Pennine Town Blackburn Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to joint the Pennine West Home Based Treatment Team. We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative and a dedicated practitioner to provide care and treatment for those service users who require support from the Home Based Treatment Team.

This dynamic and driven multi-disciplinary team offer an alternative to psychiatric hospital admission, supporting service users in acute mental health crisis in their homes, as well as supporting loved ones and carers during this period.

The team are passionate about providing person centred care, tailoring care plans to suit the needs of all individuals involved during the care spell and providing a range of psychosocial interventions during their admission.

The team are required to thoroughly risk assess situations and have access to a supportive leadership team to support such complex cases.

Staff wellbeing and development is paramount and well supported in this team.

The post holder will be supported with their professional development as part of their appraisal process, and regular 1:1 supervision is provided.

You will be able to demonstrate that you reflect Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LCSFT) values of: We are Kind, We Are Always Learning, We are Respectful, We are a Team.

You will have experience of working with service users who present with complex mental health needs.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Undertake collaborative care planning with service users and their carers.

Undertake risk assessment and record risks in line with the trust policy

Undertake shift co-ordination when allocated to do so.

Participate in Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and agree plans with patients in relation to their care.

Maintain their knowledge of evidence based home treatment interventions and deliver these interventions in line with service use care.

Undertake collaborative care planning with services users and their carers.

Undertake gatekeeping assessments to ensure service users are treated in the least restrictive environment.

Undertake allocation of shift co-ordination.

You should be able to demonstrate evidence of care that facilitates a positive culture of patient engagement, a commitment to enhancing the service user and carer experience and of on-going professional development.

You will have experience of implementing effective, evidence based care management / assessment skills and display excellent communication skills.

The post holder will be able to work independently as well as being committed to a multi-disciplinary team Approach (MDT) both of which are essential requirements for the post.

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.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Practitioner
• Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor

Knowledge

• Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
• Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills

Experience

• Motivational skills
• Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
• Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non-judgemental way with service users who are in crisis

Personal

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role
• Ability to work a 24 hour shift pattern

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.