Mental Health Liaison Support Worker - Boston, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Boston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We have an exciting new team to support children and young people (CYP) accessing our medical areas at the hospital, including A&E, paediatrics, and the hospital wards at Lincoln County hospital (LCH) and Pilgrim hospital Boston.

(PHB).

We have a Band 3 position available within the developing team at Boston working shifts across a 24/7 rota.


The roles will be based within the CAMHS crisis teams in south of the county but also working closely with the adults MH liaison team and be based with them at PHB at night.


We will offer a full induction package for all new starters within the teams and have some great training opportunities throughout the year already booked to build on skills and interventions.

We are an innovative service and pride ourselves in providing training to enhance the care and support we can deliver.

We welcome clinicians with creative ideas to help continue to develop the service.

Crisis/liaison work is fast paced and often challenging, and our teams love cake and snacks, good baking skills is a desirable requirement for this post.


You will work with CAMHS Mental Health Liaison team to support children and young people (CYP) who are accessing hospital for physical and mental health problems.

This could be on any hospital ward, S136 suite or whilst accessing emergency care or A&E.


Under the supervision of CAMHS CCETT staff and the MH liaison practitioners, you will support CYP in hospital by spending time with them, supporting them on the wards, implementing safety plans and care plans and care/treatment packages, alongside working with the staff within ULHT to understand the CYP needs.

Providing a high standard of clinical care by supporting safe and effective treatment for children/young people and their families/carers.


You will work with children and young people to provide interventions according to their needs following an assessment by a registered practitioner.

They will be supported to deliver a care plan either on a 1.1 basis or group format, and be provided training in Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and positive behaviour support (PBS) to support CYP.


Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire.

Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.


You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work.

We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall.

In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.

We're really proud of this


We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions.

We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.


  • To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multidisciplinary team.
  • To liaise with the registered practitioners, and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi
- disciplinary mental health team.

  • To be supported to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the team
  • Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs and carry out physical health checks when necessary
  • Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care.
  • Ensure accurate record keeping in accordance with Trust policy.
  • Participate regularly in management and clinical supervision sessions.
  • Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes.
  • To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills.
  • Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and wellbeing of patients.
  • Actively promote a responsible caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect.
  • To report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting
  • To work flexibly within CAMHS MH liaison team and CCETT service
  • To work across LPFT and ULHT hospital wards/A&E to support CYP who are attending with physic
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