Mental Health Practitioner Job Lancashire area,England UK,Healthcare

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, childrens' 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to join the Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team.
The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team provides 7day support to service
users who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute in patient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide high quality care in a community setting.

The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team are always striving towards
excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are
achieved. Currently the team is undergoing an exciting period of change that will see the working together to develop a model of care that ensures effective service delivery in partnership with local services and across the Urgent Care Pathway.

The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking they will be passionate about working with service users with acute mental health
concerns and providing a recovery focused approach. The successful
applicant will have the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services.

Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and
development needs

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 support with the role of reviews within out crisis house and crisis lounge on a rostered basis
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…