CYPMH Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team:-
• To promote the mental health and well-being of children and young people who are referred to CYPMH Services with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• Participating in the assessment and treatment of referred children and young people.
• Utilising evidence-based therapeutic interventions as appropriate to the presenting difficulties.
• Working in partnership with relevant professionals and agencies to ensure effective communication leading to effective and efficient packages of care.
Contributing to the multi-disciplinary team meetings and supervision within CYPMH
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed CYPMH Practitioner to join our Preston Central team. Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you will provide high quality assessment and clinical intervention with children, young people and their parents/carers referred to the service. You will contribute to the business aims of the service through joint working, consultation, training, and attending supervision.
Applications are invited from qualified Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists with experience of working with children and young people, who can demonstrate their skills, knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties using a competency based framework.
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 CumbriaFoundation 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
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 25 Feb 2024