Band 6
Main area: Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 351-SPS1015-MF-B
Site: Greenbank Day Centre
Town: Preston
Salary: £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/01/2025 23:59
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, and community-based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability, and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Main duties of the job
The specialist autism team works closely with mental health, social care colleagues, advocacy, and community services. We work between the hours of 9-5 Monday to Friday, with some flexibility needed on occasion, to meet individual needs. Our service is commissioned to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions (Outreach) and support therapeutic admissions (Inreach) and timely discharges (Discharge Coordination) in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
We work as a tertiary service, supporting autistic individuals under the care of secondary mental health services who have experienced challenges including high levels of anxiety and sensory and communication differences.
As a result of new investment, we are able to advertise a number of posts in our team suitable for registered professionals from all health and social care backgrounds.
Working for our organisation
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.
The Trust encourages flexible working, and we ask applicants to state clearly on their application forms if they have specific requests regarding working patterns.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy, please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Relevant Core Professional Qualification and registered with the appropriate professional body
* 2-3 years’ post-registration experience
Knowledge
* Knowledge of contemporary autism policy
* Knowledge and skills in the assessment/management of risk
* Demonstrates reflective practice
* Knowledge of legal frameworks applicable to the learning disabled population
Experience
* Ability to support people who have Autism on an individual and group basis
* Experience working with individuals who challenge
* Experience in a community setting
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome, and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference and welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds.
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