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Perinatal Community MH Practitioner/Systemic Family Practitioner

The closing date is 21 October 2025

North Lancashire & South CumbriaSpecialist Perinatal Community Mental Health Team (NL&SC SPCMHT)Hybrid role: Perinatal Community Mental Health Practitioner and Systemic Family Practitioner

o Agenda for Change: Band 7o Hours: 1 x 37.5 hourso Location: Main Base - East Barn, Lancaster (with travel across North Lancashire and South Cumbria)

Do you have a core profession and additional systemic therapy training? Are you looking for a role where you can use all of these skills and be part of a compassionate team making a real difference to the lives of women, babies and their families in the North Lancashire and South Cumbria area? NL&SC SPCMHT are looking for a confident and enthusiastic professional who is passionate about working in a perinatal service and who has experience in both Lead Professional (Care-co-ordination) and therapeutic roles for this varied and interesting hybrid role.

Main duties of the job

You will carry out specialist assessments of women referred into the perinatal service and also be responsible for an allocated caseload where you will offer therapeutic and/or generic support, depending on a family's needs. You will be supported by senior clinicians within the team and will also access peer support from colleagues who are delivering this hybrid systemic role in our other SPCMHTs.

NL&SC SPCMHT covers a vast footprint including Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre, Lancaster and South Cumbria. As a team and service, we support flexible working and offer fantastic training and development opportunities!

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education

• RMN or Social work or Occupational Health professional qualification and registration with appropriate professional body.
• Evidence of up to date training related to contemporary mental health nursing, social work or occupational therapy practice.
• An AFT (Association Family Therapy & Systemic Practice) accredited training - Level 2 Intermediate Systemic Training or an accredited CYP-IAPT Training in Systemic Family Practice. Membership of AFT

Knowledge

• Substantial practice in relevant core profession.
• Previous experience of working as a systemic practitioner and embedding systemic skills in a clinical setting under supervision from Family and Systemic Psychotherapist.
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of family and systemic psychotherapy.

Experience

• Previous post graduate experience in a community mental health setting.
• Able to demonstrate and evidence a broad range of therapeutic clinical skills for the post
• Experiencing of delivering generic and discipline specific mental health assessments (including of risks) and treatments

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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