NHS
Mental Health Practitioner RMN/SW
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Job Description
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- Registered Mental Health Practitioner
- Social Work equivalent qualification
- Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor
- 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
- Motivational skills
- 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
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner
- Social Work equivalent qualification
- Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor
- 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
- Motivational skills
- 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
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Qualified Band 6 Mental health practitioner to join The Fylde Frequent Attenders Team. This post will cover Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde localities.
Service users within the "Frequent Attender Programme" are high intensity/complex individuals with multiple issues and needs. They can be frequent attenders within the Emergency Department or come to the attention of emergency services such as the police and be subject to multiple Sc 136s. They may also frequently utilise other emergency services such as the police or NWAS. Individuals may will also be receiving care from Home Based Treatment Team or CMHT.
Main duties of the job
We need staff who are highly motivated and proactive and who are able to work assertively and empathically with people within the locality to encourage their engagement with multi agency services and support them within their recovery. This will involve working collaboratively with other agencies to aid engagement to meet the needs of the service user. The B6 MHP's will provide a comprehensive assessment and develop collaborative care plans with Service Users and other agencies and where necessary signpost to other services within the community. For those Service Users that are already known to mental health services you will work collaboratively with the Key Worker to develop a robust plan of care (or dovetail care plans) that Multi agencies are involved with to support the person and prevent crisis.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
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 Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Date posted
22 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
351-FYL581-CLK-D
Job locations
Frequent Attenders Fylde
Blackpool
FY1 6JX
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Education
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Skilla and Abilities
Essential
Education
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Skilla and Abilities
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frequent Attenders Fylde
Blackpool
FY1 6JX
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frequent Attenders Fylde
Blackpool
FY1 6JX
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.