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Facilitating Early Discharge Mental Health Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4LFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

5 October 2026

4 days left

Job description

You will work closely with the inpatient wards in the Bay and HBTT to support patients be safely discharged to their own homes or appropriate accommod...

You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Approved Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Dip SW with evidence of professional development. You should have some post qualifying experience and should have experience of working with people who have a severe mental illness within an acute environment. Some experience of working within a community setting may also be beneficial.

We can offer you supervision, training and support. You will be part of a team and be included in the developments moving the service forward.

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

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Mental Health Practitioner

Experience

Essential

  • Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
  • Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non judgemental way with service users who are in crisis
  • Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
  • Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
  • Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non psychosis and relevant interventions
  • Understanding of how physical illness and substance misuse can affect the mental health of individuals
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures, Criminal Justice procedures, Mental Health legislation, guidance and processes

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

21 September 2026

Last checked

23 September 2026

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About the employer

LSC
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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