Mental Health Practitioner

Pennine Lancashire is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioners at our Initial Response Service, based at The Mount, Accrington.

This is an exciting opportunity, and the successful candidate will be part of an evolving service that has the needs of our service users at its heart. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic to come and join a forward thinking, dynamic and constantly developing team.

Main duties of the job

To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individuals' needs for access into mental health services.

To undertake Mental Health Assessments including Risk Assessments, providing rapid and holistic assessment, care and sign posting of individuals presenting with other urgent risk issues.

To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service and/or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.

To provide a "gatekeeping" function as detailed in the Operating Procedure.

To provide managerial support to the team in the absence of the Team Manager.

To organise and deliver a rapid intensive intervention service in order to meet the health and social needs of people experiencing a serious mental health crisis.

To form close working relationships with and provide highly specialised advice and information on mental health issues to a variety of other services/agencies/organisations and carers both within and outside mental health services.

To participate in and contribute to local and National strategies to improve services.

To carry out clinical supervision and appraise and produce development plans with lower grade staff members.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well