Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Family Safeguarding Teams
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Blackpool, FY1 5JW |
| Cwmni: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7645901/382-FICC18-26 |
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A Vacancy at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for 2 Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join the Primary Intermediate Mental Health Team (PIMHT). These newly created roles will work into the Family Safeguarding Teams within Children's Social Care. Day to day, the practitioners will be based within the Family Safeguarding Teams, whilst working alongside practitioners in the PIMHT to ensure specialist support mental health supervision.
The Family Safeguarding Model is a whole family approach to working with children and families that supports parents to create sustained change for themselves and for their family. Within Blackpool Council the core social teams will now also include different workers; social workers, family support workers, mental health practitioners, domestic abuse and recovery workers who will work together to support families when they need it.
Blackpool Council core principles that we developed with Blackpool families, Blackpool Families Rock, are still at the centre of the service, including the Family Safeguarding approach. These guide all practitioners to work with families in positive, respectful ways’.
• A key member of the Family Safeguarding Teams within Children’s Social Care.
• The practitioners will provide mental health support to adults who are known to the Blackpool Family Safeguarding Team and are experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, they will facilitate onwards referrals to secondary care mental health services where this is indicated. The Practitioners will not provide urgent mental health interventions.
• The practitioners will work as part of a co-located multi-disciplinary team of children’s social workers, family workers, domestic abuse and recovery workers to work alongside families, to offer support when they need and reduce risks to children open to the Family Safeguarding Teams.
• The practitioners will take a multi-disciplinary approach to working with families including children and families social workers and family workers, working alongside Adult Specialist Workers to provide help and support in relation to issues associated with parental domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental ill-health.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
To provide primary mental health input into the Family Safeguarding Teams in Blackpool. To be a key worker to parents of specific families who will have complex needs within the Family Safeguarding Teams as directed by the Team Managers.
To conduct comprehensive primary care mental health and social care needs assessment, including detailed assessment of risk.
Effective in screening, formulating and providing intervention to parents of families who are referred to the Family Safeguarding Hubs with moderate mental health difficulties.
Determine from the assessment process and formulation, the most appropriate intervention strategy with support from the Mental Health Practitioner and where required, the Intermediate Mental Health Team Leader. This will mean managing a caseload of adults 18 years + who are open to the Family Safeguarding Teams for support.
Act as a key member of the Family Safeguarding Teams and PIMHT teams
Assist Family Safeguarding MDT staff members to operate effectively out of primary care settings, monitor and report areas of concern or good practice
Participate in own supervisory practice and provide support and supervision to junior team members as directed by the team manager.
Provide staff support/supervision to non-clinical staff such as Family Safeguarding Team Practitioners etc. strengthen the Family Safeguarding Team network and ensure appropriate referrals to PIMHT are being completed.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Mar 2026
This is an exciting opportunity for 2 Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join the Primary Intermediate Mental Health Team (PIMHT). These newly created roles will work into the Family Safeguarding Teams within Children's Social Care. Day to day, the practitioners will be based within the Family Safeguarding Teams, whilst working alongside practitioners in the PIMHT to ensure specialist support mental health supervision.
The Family Safeguarding Model is a whole family approach to working with children and families that supports parents to create sustained change for themselves and for their family. Within Blackpool Council the core social teams will now also include different workers; social workers, family support workers, mental health practitioners, domestic abuse and recovery workers who will work together to support families when they need it.
Blackpool Council core principles that we developed with Blackpool families, Blackpool Families Rock, are still at the centre of the service, including the Family Safeguarding approach. These guide all practitioners to work with families in positive, respectful ways’.
• A key member of the Family Safeguarding Teams within Children’s Social Care.
• The practitioners will provide mental health support to adults who are known to the Blackpool Family Safeguarding Team and are experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, they will facilitate onwards referrals to secondary care mental health services where this is indicated. The Practitioners will not provide urgent mental health interventions.
• The practitioners will work as part of a co-located multi-disciplinary team of children’s social workers, family workers, domestic abuse and recovery workers to work alongside families, to offer support when they need and reduce risks to children open to the Family Safeguarding Teams.
• The practitioners will take a multi-disciplinary approach to working with families including children and families social workers and family workers, working alongside Adult Specialist Workers to provide help and support in relation to issues associated with parental domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental ill-health.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
To provide primary mental health input into the Family Safeguarding Teams in Blackpool. To be a key worker to parents of specific families who will have complex needs within the Family Safeguarding Teams as directed by the Team Managers.
To conduct comprehensive primary care mental health and social care needs assessment, including detailed assessment of risk.
Effective in screening, formulating and providing intervention to parents of families who are referred to the Family Safeguarding Hubs with moderate mental health difficulties.
Determine from the assessment process and formulation, the most appropriate intervention strategy with support from the Mental Health Practitioner and where required, the Intermediate Mental Health Team Leader. This will mean managing a caseload of adults 18 years + who are open to the Family Safeguarding Teams for support.
Act as a key member of the Family Safeguarding Teams and PIMHT teams
Assist Family Safeguarding MDT staff members to operate effectively out of primary care settings, monitor and report areas of concern or good practice
Participate in own supervisory practice and provide support and supervision to junior team members as directed by the team manager.
Provide staff support/supervision to non-clinical staff such as Family Safeguarding Team Practitioners etc. strengthen the Family Safeguarding Team network and ensure appropriate referrals to PIMHT are being completed.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Mar 2026
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