Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner - RMN/SW/OT

The closing date is 09 December 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work in the Home Treatment Team in South Lakes.

The Home Treatment Team cares for people who are experiencing acute episodes of mental illness or emotional distress. The service is an alternative to inpatient admission and offers intensive support to service users and their families in the community.

The service works closely with the in-patient wards to support early discharges and with other parts of the mental health services as well as third sector providers, so great communication skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

The post is a permanent, full time, post covering the service over 7 days per week. The team covers the South Lakes area so car use is essential.

As a member of the team you would be working with a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Mental Health Nurses; Support Workers; Occupational Therapist; Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrist.

Please contact: Vicky Byram or Rhiann Dennison, Team Manager, on Tel: 01539 715013 or email Victoria.byram@lscft.nhs.uk, Rhiann.Dennison@lscft.nhs.uk

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.

Date posted

25 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY871-MF

Job locations

Garburn House

Kendal

LA9 7RG

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

Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Social worker/Occupational Therapist

Knowledge

Essential

Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non psychosis and relevant interventions
Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills
Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills

Skills

Essential

Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non judgemental way with service users who are in crisis
Able to work autonomously within the community

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Social worker/Occupational Therapist

Knowledge

Essential

Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non psychosis and relevant interventions
Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills
Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills

Skills

Essential

Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non judgemental way with service users who are in crisis
Able to work autonomously within the community

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

Garburn House

Kendal

LA9 7RG

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Garburn House

Kendal

LA9 7RG

Employer's website

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