Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Risk Support Liaison Worker - CYPMH

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria (Children and Young Peoples Mental Health) CYPMH services. (Located in the Bay, across Lancaster & Morecambe, and South Cumbria)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to join our CYPMH Team in this newly revised role, together with our partners across Lancashire & South Cumbria as we move towards mobilising the revised Risk Support Model in response to transforming Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Services as part of the iTHRIVE transformation programme.

The Risk Support Model is a Lancashire and South Cumbria (L&SC) wide programme, and we are looking to recruit our Risk Support Liaison Worker, who will be integral in fulfilling the Risk Support approach that has been developed through the CYPMHS Redesign Co-production work.

The post holder will be part of the Lancashire & South Cumbria innovative and exciting new approach to Risk Support across the integrated care system footprint, yet with a very strong local focus on working across a range of partner organisations including local CYPMHS teams, Children's Social Care, education and voluntary sector partners to establish a coordinated, effective, efficient, high quality and consistent approach to Risk Support across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Please note, it is expected that successful applicants would be working on-site through the working week across a range of these settings to develop and sustain key relationships.

Main duties of the job

Whilst the post holder will be based within local CYPMHS teams, our vision is that colocation within other partner organisations in particular Children's Social Care Teams will form part of the working week, to help embed a culture of shared risk and collaborative working arrangements in which young people, parents, carers and professionals feel supported.

The post holder must be comfortable with complexity and risk, be reflexive, resilient and have experience of sitting within times of considerable uncertainty, where anxieties amongst others can be high. As part of the Risk Support approach the post holder will also be a key member of the AMBIT Community across Lancashire & South Cumbria and should feel confident in modelling the AMBIT approach across the children's and young people's workforce including education, social care and health professionals, as well as delivering training to partner organisation within their footprint. There will also be an expectation to cross cover other localities during times of A/L and high acuity as and when required.

If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity please feel free to contact:-

Deborah Parry - Head of Clinical Service (The Bay)Deborah.Parry@lscft.nhs.ukMobile: 07484091751

Rachelle Stassen - Service Manager - Urgent Care Pathway (RAIST)Rachell.Stassen@lscft.nhs.uk01772215389

About us

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.

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Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY910-MF

Job locations

The Bay Network (Lancaster, Morecambe and South Cumbria)

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 2LB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Core profession (HCPC, Social Care, Nursing) or recognised degree level broad based health & social care qualification OR IAPT qualification
Supervision qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Evidence of knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Evidence of working understanding of systemic, psychodynamic, and cognitive theories along with recognition of when each approach is appropriate.
Knowledge of ACE's - Adverse Childhood Experiences and evidence of working within a trauma informed approach.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
Evidence of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team
Evidence of experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
Evidence of experience in providing risk assessment of self- harming behaviour.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Core profession (HCPC, Social Care, Nursing) or recognised degree level broad based health & social care qualification OR IAPT qualification
Supervision qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Evidence of knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Evidence of working understanding of systemic, psychodynamic, and cognitive theories along with recognition of when each approach is appropriate.
Knowledge of ACE's - Adverse Childhood Experiences and evidence of working within a trauma informed approach.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
Evidence of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team
Evidence of experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
Evidence of experience in providing risk assessment of self- harming behaviour.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Bay Network (Lancaster, Morecambe and South Cumbria)

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 2LB

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Bay Network (Lancaster, Morecambe and South Cumbria)

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 2LB

Employer's website

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