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Mental Health Practitioner RMN/SW, Blackpool
Client: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom Job Category: - EU work permit required: Yes Job Reference: eac6d62c7202 Job Views: 7 Posted: 25.01.2025 Expiry Date: 11.03.2025 Job Description:
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 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 Job Responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. Person Specification
Education Essential Registered Mental Health Practitioner Social Work equivalent qualification Desirable Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor 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 Skills and Abilities Essential Motivational skills Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non-judgmental way with service users who are in crisis
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Client: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom Job Category: - EU work permit required: Yes Job Reference: eac6d62c7202 Job Views: 7 Posted: 25.01.2025 Expiry Date: 11.03.2025 Job Description:
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 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 Job Responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. Person Specification
Education Essential Registered Mental Health Practitioner Social Work equivalent qualification Desirable Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor 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 Skills and Abilities Essential Motivational skills Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non-judgmental way with service users who are in crisis
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