Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This post is suitable for registered Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers.

Furness Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) are looking to recruit a qualified Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner. The applicant would need to be registered with a professional regulating body. This is a permanent 37.5 hour contract. The successful candidate may be required to work in either the Non-Psychosis Service Line or the Psychosis Service Line and undertake CMHT tasks as required.

The team serves the population of South Cumbria, near to the Lake District and has its base in Barrow-in-Furness. It is an established team with a friendly and supportive culture. There is a visible and supportive leadership team who are committed to clinical supervision, management supervision, and professional development.

This is a demanding role in a busy service. Ideally, you will have current or previous experience of working within a mental health setting. Clinically confident in working with individuals with complex needs and be able to work effectively in a multi professional context. You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic approach as well as passion and commitment in developing and promoting recovery based approaches for adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.

The post requires that you are a good communicator, and are able to adopt a flexible, adaptable and proactive approach to your work.

Main duties of the job

The main job role is to perform duties as a Keyworker and you will manage a caseload of service users with a range of complex needs. You will develop care plans and deliver evidence based interventions and treatments to service users alongside managing risks in the community.

Part of your role will require you to undertake team duty responsibilities. This role involves managing unplanned patient work within the team, and responding to escalation of risk/crisis situations.

There is an expectation that the successful candidate will also take on some leadership activities such as contributing to the learning and development of junior team members, and taking a lead on/or contributing to projects identified by the Furness CMHT leadership team.

In return you will benefit from developing your own specialist knowledge and competence. Your development will be guided using clinical supervision, management supervision, team/peer support, specialist supervision, internal and external training opportunities, and the Trust's appraisal process.

The service is based at Duddon House, Fairfield Lane, Barrow. The service is operational between the hours of 9.00am and 5pm although flexible working can be considered.

About us

This role attracts the £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:

£3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)
£2,000 after 12 months
£2,000 after 24 months

PLEASE NOTE:This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 24 months of commencing employment. Please ensure you carefully read the attached document 'Welcome Bonus Repayment Terms & Conditions' for details.

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.

For more information please visit our website via

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/staff-benefits/repayment-terms-conditions

Date posted

19 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY546-LT

Job locations

Duddon House

Barow-in-Furness

LA13 9AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse Degree, Social Worker.
Currently registered with a professional body.

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Knowledge and practice of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 18 months post registered experience.
Experience of risk management, care co-ordination/managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health needs.

Skills

Essential

Risk assessment/management skills.
Good team working/ team membership skills.
Ability to work in partnership with service users, carers, advocates and other agencies and to liaise across professional boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse Degree, Social Worker.
Currently registered with a professional body.

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Knowledge and practice of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 18 months post registered experience.
Experience of risk management, care co-ordination/managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health needs.

Skills

Essential

Risk assessment/management skills.
Good team working/ team membership skills.
Ability to work in partnership with service users, carers, advocates and other agencies and to liaise across professional boundaries.

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.