Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY940-CL
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CYPMH & Child Psychology Lancs & Morecambe
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
CYPMH Practitioner
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- 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 with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Do you want to be part of a rapidly developing service committed to improving the lives of Children, Young People and their families?
The Integrated CYPMHS/Child Psychology Teams across Lancashire and South Cumbria have undergone significant changes.
As part of this change we are now looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Senior CYPMH Practitioner to work within CYPMH/Child psychology Lancaster and Morecambe with a focus on timely access to services and flow through the CYPMH services.
We work with children, young people and families up to the age of 18 years presenting with a wide range of moderate to severe, emotional and mental difficulties. Experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties would be essential.
We are committed to ongoing continuous professional development of our staff and as a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to be involved in various training initiatives, including CYP IAPT.
Main duties of the job
You will support the front door part of the CYPMH/Child Psychology service by screening referrals both routine and urgent, offer triage and signpost to make sure children and young people are accessing the right services in a timely manner.
Alongside triaging you will also provide duty cover, allowing families, professionals the opportunity for timely advice and guidance regarding suitable local services, urgent/crisis advice, and referral advice.
Applications are invited from Registered Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists who have experience of working with young people experiencing mental health issues. The post is full time (37.5 hours) The post is subject to enhanced DBS clearance.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level qualification, RMN or equivalent such as CQSW or occupational therapy
- Information technology skills sufficient to the undertaking of the post
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An ability to think systemically and holistically
- Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers
- Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of this client group
- Demonstrable ability to communicate to clients, their families and professionals sensitive and often difficult to receive information, using various methods including verbal, non-verbal, written and presentation skills
- Good knowledge of legislation, acts and developments relevant to the field of child related work.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of working within Child Mental Health
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Child Mental Health
- Evidence of an ability to effectively manage own workload and able to work autonomously
- Working within a team and /or multi-agency arenas
Personal
Essential criteria
- An ability to be flexible and innovative to adapt to the changing needs of the developing service.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jonathan Turner
- Job title
- Integrated Team Leaders
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524 550650
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