Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/Social Worker)

Job summary

PENNINE HOME TREATMENT TEAM

Based Daisy field Mill Blackburn and Pendle House Nelson

Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) 37.5 hrs per week, including nights and unsocial hours as per rota requirements.

Pennine Home Treatment Teams are split into 2 locality bases covering the Pennine Area. We have an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking, highly motivated, innovative, dedicated practitioner to provide care and treatment for those service users who require support from the Home Based Treatment Team.

Practitioners in the team are dedicated to working with vulnerable service users in their own homes, preventing further deterioration to avoid the need for admission to hospital. We have close working relationships with Community Mental Health Teams and other services across the network such as Mental Health Liaison, Frequent Attenders and Early Intervention teams. We work closely with the Initial Response services where you will also be expected to be located at times to support the pathway.

You will be able to demonstrate that you reflect Lancashire Care & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LCSFT) values of Teamwork, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, Respect and Accountability.

If you would like to discuss this post further or want to arrange an informal visit please contact us on the details provided

Main duties of the job

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

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 must have the ability to positively influence and adapt to a rapidly developing service that is able to meet the needs of mental health services in Lancashire.

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 without close supervision as well as being committed to a Multi-Disciplinary team Approach (MDT) are essential requirements for the post.

You will be supported to develop within your role and reach your aspirations with a supportive team, committed to the wellbeing of our staff.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust 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.

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.

"Being part of an urgent care service that not only supports patients to achieve recovery, it also supports its staff members to achieve their potential and encourages further development is very rewarding"

"There has been a lots of positive changes within HTT office. The atmosphere is much calmer and much improvement to my well-being. I actually like coming to work which has not happened for a long time"

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Daisyfield Mill

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Daisyfield Mill

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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