Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/Social Worker)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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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.

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

What our staff say...

"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"

"We are an effective team with understanding of others roles and responsibilities, we strive to support each others and have a shared outlook on what we want to achieve"

Date posted

09 January 2024

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-PEN428-LG-P

Job locations

Daisyfield Mill

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

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, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
On-going professional registration

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures, Criminal Justice procedures, Mental Health legislation, guidance and processes

Skills

Essential

Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills
Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose. Transfer the risk assessment into robust risk management planning

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
On-going professional registration

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures, Criminal Justice procedures, Mental Health legislation, guidance and processes

Skills

Essential

Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills
Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose. Transfer the risk assessment into robust risk management planning

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.