Senior CYP Mental Health Practitioner - RMN/OT/SW (7k Incentive*)
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Morecambe
- Salary
- £35,392 to £42,618 per annum
- Closing date
- 22 Sep 2023
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This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within a newly developed CYP Mental Health Community Intensive Support Team which will provide intensive support and interventions for young people and their families within the community.
Your role will be integral to the delivery of an urgent care pathway for children and young people that is young person and family focussed, needs led, responsive, accessible and flexible.
A key element of your role will be to work collaboratively with the young person and their family or carers to develop a care plan and to provide time limited intensive support which promotes resilience and reduces the likelihood of future crisis episodes.
You will also work collaboratively with other services to ensure that plans are in place to meet any ongoing care and support needs of the young person and their family.
The hours of operation for the service will be variable and will require unsociable hours working that will be across 7 days per week.
Positions available are across Lancashire and South Cumbria so there will be flexibility in terms of base and agile working involved in the roles. There will be positions available in:
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated professionals to join our newly established Children and Young People's Intensive Support Team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner working across the Bay.
Your role will support the delivery of a young person and family focussed, accessible and flexible urgent care pathway for children and young people.
A key element of your role will be to work collaboratively with the young person and their family or carers to agree an intensive support Care Plan which promotes their resilience and reduces the likelihood of future crisis episodes.
The service can provide opportunities for staff to work a shift pattern that includes long days (8am to 8pm), shorter days (e.g. 9am to 5pm or 10am to 6pm) or a combination of both, in order to provide the necessary level of cover required 7 days a week.
Your main duties will include working intensively with children and young people to provide a collaboratively agreed time limited package of care and to support their families and carers to provide appropriate containment during periods of high expressed emotion and crisis.
Positions available are across Lancashire and South Cumbria so there will be flexibility in terms of base and agile working involved in the roles. There will be positions available in:
These posts are also eligible for relocation assistance of up to �3,000.00.
About us
The �7k Welcome Bonus package applies to this role. The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like-for-like role e.g. a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 24 months of employment. This bonus is applicable to any successful candidate whose interview for this role is conducted prior to 30thNovember 2023.
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 carefully read the attached document 'Welcome Bonus: RepaymentT& C's for details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Person Specification
Education
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Morecambe & Lancaster
Morecambe
LA4 5LE
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
351-SPS214-CLK-G
Your role will be integral to the delivery of an urgent care pathway for children and young people that is young person and family focussed, needs led, responsive, accessible and flexible.
A key element of your role will be to work collaboratively with the young person and their family or carers to develop a care plan and to provide time limited intensive support which promotes resilience and reduces the likelihood of future crisis episodes.
You will also work collaboratively with other services to ensure that plans are in place to meet any ongoing care and support needs of the young person and their family.
The hours of operation for the service will be variable and will require unsociable hours working that will be across 7 days per week.
Positions available are across Lancashire and South Cumbria so there will be flexibility in terms of base and agile working involved in the roles. There will be positions available in:
- The Bay
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated professionals to join our newly established Children and Young People's Intensive Support Team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner working across the Bay.
Your role will support the delivery of a young person and family focussed, accessible and flexible urgent care pathway for children and young people.
A key element of your role will be to work collaboratively with the young person and their family or carers to agree an intensive support Care Plan which promotes their resilience and reduces the likelihood of future crisis episodes.
The service can provide opportunities for staff to work a shift pattern that includes long days (8am to 8pm), shorter days (e.g. 9am to 5pm or 10am to 6pm) or a combination of both, in order to provide the necessary level of cover required 7 days a week.
Your main duties will include working intensively with children and young people to provide a collaboratively agreed time limited package of care and to support their families and carers to provide appropriate containment during periods of high expressed emotion and crisis.
Positions available are across Lancashire and South Cumbria so there will be flexibility in terms of base and agile working involved in the roles. There will be positions available in:
- The Bay
These posts are also eligible for relocation assistance of up to �3,000.00.
About us
The �7k Welcome Bonus package applies to this role. The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like-for-like role e.g. a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 24 months of employment. This bonus is applicable to any successful candidate whose interview for this role is conducted prior to 30thNovember 2023.
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 carefully read the attached document 'Welcome Bonus: RepaymentT& C's for details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Registered professional qualification in Nursing, Social Work, OT or equivalent profession.
- Evidence of post registration professional development and training
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of child safeguarding procedures and responsibilities
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health, including the Mental Health Act and issues of capacity and consent
- Knowledge of what is meant by person centred care, recovery
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualifying experience of working within children and families.
- Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments and care plans.
- Experience of collaborative working with other services
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Morecambe & Lancaster
Morecambe
LA4 5LE
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
351-SPS214-CLK-G
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