Mental Health Practitioner - RMN/SW/OT | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Kendal, LA9 7RG |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7642089/351-BAY871-MF |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work in the Home Treatment Team in South Lakes.
The Home Treatment Team cares for people who are experiencing acute episodes of mental illness or emotional distress. The service is an alternative to inpatient admission and offers intensive support to service users and their families in the community.
The service works closely with the in-patient wards to support early discharges and with other parts of the mental health services as well as third sector providers, so great communication skills are essential.
The post is a permanent, full time, post covering the service over 7 days per week. The team covers the South Lakes area so car use is essential.
As a member of the team you would be working with a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Mental Health Nurses; Support Workers; Occupational Therapist; Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrist.
Please contact: Vicky Byram or Rhiann Dennison, Team Manager, on Tel: 01539 715013 or email Victoria.byram@lscft.nhs.uk, Rhiann.Dennison@lscft.nhs.uk
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.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025