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Band 6
Main area: Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 351-SPS1390-MF
Site: CYPMH Day Unit, Burnley General Hospital
Town: Burnley
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/05/2025 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, 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 was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking, passionate and motivated nurse/allied health professional or Children and Young People's Mental Health Practitioner to join our Day Unit within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service within East Lancashire.
The post is integral in the running of the Day Unit provision, delivering services for children and young people who have severe and complex mental health difficulties. They will be based within the Day Unit, leading on providing highly specialist assessments of the Children and Young People in line with evidence-based practice, producing packages of care in conjunction with, and on behalf of the multi-disciplinary team. The care will be delivered on an in-centre or outreach basis.
This post holder will work under the direction of the Team Co-ordinator and Consultant Psychiatrist within the Day Unit Team.
They will evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of interventions, use verbal reporting mechanisms and keep accurate contemporaneous records. Working predominantly 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday, but with a degree of flexibility within this to meet the needs of the ELCAS Service and flexible working arrangements for staff.
The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as a member of the ELCAS Day Unit multi-disciplinary team, providing comprehensive assessments, alongside interventions for children, young people and families that require mental health support.
2. In addition to working in the Day Unit, the post holder will work in a range of settings in the community, without direct supervision and managing own standards of practice.
3. Undertake mental health and risk assessments of CYP under 16 years old who have attended Accident and Emergency following episodes of deliberate self-harm, overdoses or mental health presentations. If necessary, provide time limited individual and family reviews/follow-up sessions for the CYP and/or their carers.
4. Ensure that clinical work is determined by best evidence-based practice and available guidelines, displays clear and logical structure in its implementation and is subject to reflection and evaluation.
5. Attend and contribute to organised clinical supervision forums with the aim of enhancing one's own and others clinical practice.
6. Work in partnership with external agencies thus ensuring that the needs and safety of children, young people and families are addressed in a proactive manner. This could be with Children’s Social care, Third Sector agencies, Forensic CAMHS, Gender Identity Services etc.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. ELCAS sits within the Specialist provision, comprising of inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
ELCAS has its own range of mental health provision including a Primary Mental Health Team, Mental Health Support Teams across the localities, three Complex Sector Teams, and the Responsive Assessment and Intensive Support (RAIS). We are a consultant led Service and we emphasise the strength of working in a multi-disciplinary way. Our main base is at Burnley General Hospital.
At ELCAS our vision is to be a centre of excellence providing high quality Child and Adolescent psychological and mental health services that exceed people's expectations. This vision is being delivered. We have been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Quality Network for Community CAMHS (QNCC) since 2016 and rated Outstanding with the CQC.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN/CQSW/DipSW/BSc.OT or other relevant professional qualification.
* Evidence of experience in Mental Health service provision and completing comprehensive Mental Health assessments.
Knowledge
* High standards of accuracy.
* Evidence of working with childhood, emotional and psychological development.
* Experience of MDT working.
* Confident at dealing with people over the telephone, videolink and face to face.
Experience
* Able to take on board new ideas, skills and knowledge.
* Able to manage conflicting priorities.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form, and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.
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.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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