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We are looking for a Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist,  ideally with some recent experience working with children and young people with mental health difficulties or experience in working within Mental Health (please refer to person specification for more information). The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivating, have the ability to case manage and will display excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to establish good working relationships essential to the success of the service.

This role is for a qualified registered practitioner. The post holder will deliver profession specific mental health interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of children and families.
 
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to the formulation of the child/young person and family’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the child/young person and family’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence based interventions. The post holder, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, will provide mental health evidenced based interventions to support the child/young person and family to meet their agreed goals. The post holder will coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising agreed outcome measures, involving the child/young person and their family throughout their care. 

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Are you someone interested in working in a Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service? 

This is an exciting opportunity for you to enter into a rewarding role in a transforming service. 

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Child and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (CYPMH). As part of the team you will take a role in delivering high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers. Working within a systemic and holistic framework you will undertake needs led, evidence based, assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people, their families and carers, who present to the service. These assessments will also include young people needing support due to deliberate self-harm. You will be supported by senior members of the team within this role.

The CYPMH services within LCFT are undergoing a transformation programme to implement the THRIVE model as a response to the Five Year Forward View. To meet this forward thinking view we are specifically looking for practitioners with a modern mind-set and an enthusiasm for the new model.

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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