Senior Practitioner

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) seeks a Senior Practitioner to join the MAPPA, Victims and Veterans (MVV) Team on a 22.5-hour-per-week basis. The role involves specialist consultation, risk assessment and cross-agency collaboration across Secure Services.

Applications are welcome from qualified Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers or Psychologists. The post supports trauma-informed practice and service development within the MVV portfolio across Lancashire

Qualifications

• Professional qualification and current registration with relevant body.
• Experience in MAPPA, Victim and Veterans knowledge advantageous.
• Understanding of Mental Health Act and related legal frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and consultation on care pathways and risk management.
• Work across MVV portfolio with partner agencies in a trauma-informed approach.
• Support service development and complex risk management in Secure Services.

Skills

Complex risk management

Trauma-informed practice

Multi-agency working

Education

RMN, SW, OT with current registration

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner (Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist) to join the MAPPA, Victims and Veterans (MVV) Team for 22.5 hours per week. The post is based within Secure Services and operates across Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

The role offers an opportunity to influence practice across LSCFT, provide specialist consultation, contribute to service development, and work collaboratively with a wide range of partner agencies. The post combines specialist consultation, complex risk management support, training, formulation, and multi-agency partnership working across the MVV portfolio.

The MAPPA, Victims and Veterans (MVV) Team is a well-established multidisciplinary team of psychologically informed practitioners providing specialist support across three interconnected areas of practice: MAPPA, Victim Services and Veterans Services. The team adopts a trauma-informed approach and works to enhance public protection, improve outcomes and strengthen partnership working across services.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work across 3 to 4 days per week, including Mondays. The team is committed to delivering high-quality support with professionalism, compassion and respect. The post holder will provide specialist advice and consultation to staff regarding care pathways, risk assessment and risk management for individuals receiving services from LSCFT, often working alongside partner agencies.

We are seeking a motivated practitioner with experience of complex risk management, multi-agency working and trauma-informed practice who is keen to make a positive impact across services. This is a varied and rewarding role within a supportive specialist team, offering opportunities to influence practice, develop expertise and contribute to service improvement across the Trust.

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

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional Qualification RMN, SW, OT with current registration with relevant Professional Body and educated to degree level.

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of applicable Policy, Practice and legislation concerning MAPPA, Victim and Veterans
• Extensive knowledge of the applicable legal frameworks and issues relating to these including Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge of the various approaches to mental health assessment in a range of settings including probation and prisons.

Experience

• Experience of working in a community and/or Forensic Mental Health setting.
• Involvement in innovative practice, project work and multi-cultural environments

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.