Child and Family Therapist

1 month ago


Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom Senior Mental Health Practitioner ( RMN, OT, SW ) Full time

At Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, we are seeking a dedicated Senior Mental Health Practitioner (RMN, OT, SW) with HCPC registration to join our team in providing high-quality care to children and families.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in regular and flexible shifts, enjoying exclusive benefits, competitive pay, and top-class customer service.

Job Description
  • To assume responsibility for managing a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care programs 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, especially those that are at risk of or have attempted deliberate self-harm.
  • Provide liaison with other professionals and agencies to ensure effective communication leading to a comprehensive and integrated package of care around the young person, their families, and/or carers.
  • To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry, 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 various 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.

Estimated Salary: £40,000 - £60,000 per annum



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