Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY927-MF
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alfred Barrow Health Centre, Barrow-in-Furness & Kinta Annex, Kendal
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
CYPMH Assistant Practitioner
Band 4
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, children’s 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.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the CYPMH Service in South Cumbria. To take a role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the well-being of children and young people .Working within a systemic and holistic framework you will support the Multi-Disciplinary Team with therapeutic interventions with children and young people, their families and carers, who present to the service.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a suitably qualified/experienced individual with a genuine interest and desire of working with this client group. You should have good verbal and written communication skills, enjoy working in a busy multi-disciplinary team. The successful applicant will be able to co-work effectively with colleagues, manage a small case load with support from the case manager, support groups and work independently.
A means of transport is essential and applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
For an informal discussion please contact Nicola Brown, Integrated Team Leader, [email protected]
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 4 or HND qualification in child/social studies, Health or Education or Social Services or equivalent.
- Level 3 will be considered if individual has considerable practical experience.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of problematic psychological presentations (attachment, anxiety, low resilience, low self-confidence etc).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working with children and young people who present with emotional health difficulties
- Evidence of providing family support to parents/carers presenting with psychological difficulties
- Previous experience of working in a community setting with children, young people and their families with significant mental health presentations and /or social care needs and/or educational needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Brown
- Job title
- Integrated Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
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