Site Avondale Unit, The Royal Preston Hospital Town Preston Salary £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 31/01/2025 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, 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.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 practitioner to join the Central Home Treatment Team.
The Central Home Treatment Team offers 24-hour support to service users and their families/carers who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment.
There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.
Various hours are considered, please get in touch to discuss!
Main duties of the job
The Central Home Treatment Team is always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward-thinking with the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services.
There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake night duty and shift work as part of their role.
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.
Working for our organisation
*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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 24 months of commencing employment.
* CQSW, CSS, DipSW or equivalent and/or experience relevant to the post.
Experience
* Experience of CPA Care Coordinators role
* Able to provide evidence that they can work as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Demonstrate advanced Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills
* Able to manage own time and prioritise workload
Skills
* Demonstrate understanding of Health & Safety policies, procedures and effects on practice
* Ability to manage complex situations, prioritise and delegate tasks appropriately
* Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced their practice
* Able to demonstrate and understand the concept of community care and the need to develop good networks
Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form.
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.
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.
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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.
Name Sasha Fort Job title Team Leader, Adult Mental Health Services Email address Sasha.Fort@lscft.nhs.uk Telephone number 01772 773433
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