CYPMH Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum (subject to confirmation) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | Skelmersdale, WN8 6DS |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7779420/351-BAY892-CS |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). As part of the team you will take a leadership role in the delivery of 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, highly skilled 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.
We are looking for a registered nurse, qualified social worker, occupational therapist or equivalent non core qualification - ideally with a minimum of 12 months recent experience within a CAMHS setting or experience in working within Mental Health. 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.
The CAMHS services within LSCFT 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.
A means of transport is essential and applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinaryteam:-
• To take a role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers.
• Within a systemic and holistic framework undertake needs led, evidence based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people, their families and carers, who present to the service, including asa result of deliberate self-harm.
• As part of an integrated CAMHS service actively liaise and support robust partnership working arrangements between the CAMHS Team and community partners and other key stakeholders involved with the child across agencies in order that an integrated package of care is developed.
• Providea high level of generic skills and competencies and work towards development of areas of clinical expertisewithin the field of CAMHS, complimenting other members of the team
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.
• To provide clinical leadership and supervision to a skill mixed team, and to facilitatea culture of learning and reflective practice.
• To work in collaboration with the (service manager / team leader) to support the clinical governance / public health and NHS modernisation agenda
• To actively contribute to the implementation of the safeguarding agenda within the service, in partnership with the Lancashire Care safeguarding team
• To assume responsibility for management of a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care programmes for children and families, liaising with and referring to relevant agencies as appropriate
• To take an active role in the holistic assessment and treatment of young people who present to the service, with mental health problems and especially those that are at risk of, or have attempted deliberate self harm.
• Provide liaison with other professionals and agencies in order to provide effective communication leading to a comprehensive and integrated package of care around the young person, their families and/or carers.
• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To offer therapeutic interventions based on evidence-based practice and in line with the NICE guidelines.
• To ensure the clients’ rights of confidentiality are maintained at all times
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• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice/ conduct.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children, young people and their families/carers.
• To provide an assessment and therapy service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations as well as interviews with children, young people and their families/carers.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children, young people and their families/carers.
• To act as an advocate to facilitate the views and choices expressed by children, young people, families, groups and communities, where appropriate.
• To contribute to the seven day service duty rota.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
For an informal discussion please contact Rachel Lynch Team Manager on 01695684262
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Feb 2026