Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within and, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS), in LSCFT – Chorley South Ribble. The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties.

You would be joining an established, supportive and hardworking team who are passionate about improving outcomes or the children, young people and their families/carers.

As a Speciality Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, you will work as part of an MDT providing specialist assessments, case management and CBT interventions for CYP children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include:

•    Undertaking comprehensive assessments and developing collaborative formulations and care plans for children, young people and their families.
•    Acting as case manager for a defined caseload, reviewing progress and ensuring timely access to appropriate interventions.
•    Delivering evidence-based CBT interventions in line with NICE guidance for children and young people presenting with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties.
•    Managing complex and high-risk presentations, including self-harm, suicidal ideation and safeguarding concerns, through effective assessment, risk formulation and risk management planning.
•    Working closely with families, schools, social care, health services and voluntary sector partners to provide integrated, person-centred care and improve outcomes.
•    Leading and contributing to multi-agency meetings, ensuring effective communication, case management and discharge planning.
•    Providing specialist CBT consultation, advice and support to colleagues within the multidisciplinary team.
•    Contributing to clinical leadership, service development, quality improvement, supervision and the delivery of evidence-based practice across the service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking CYPMHS service and make a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people and their families.

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