Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Perinatal Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 20 November 2026
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Job summary
The team covers the Pennine Lancashire footprint of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. We are seeking applications from confident and enthusiastic professionals who hold RMN/Social Work/OT registrations who are passionate about working in a perinatal service and have experience in a mental health, care coordination role.

Main duties of the job
Post holders will carry out specialist assessments of women referred into the service and also be responsible for an allocated caseload working alongside senior clinicians and have responsibility for the delivery of high quality care.

We welcome applications from both male and female applicants and although advantageous, there is no requirement to have previous perinatal experience, as training will be provided. As a team and service, we support flexible working and offer fantastic training and development opportunities!

About us
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

Details
Date posted: 09 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 351-PEN1202-LW
Job locations: Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, BB1 3BL, United Kingdom

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

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RMN/OT/SW professional qualification and registration with appropriate professional body.
• Evidence of up to date training related to contemporary mental health nursing, occupational therapy or social work practice

Knowledge
Essential

• An understanding of the Children's act 1989
• An understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 (revised 2007)
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding children and how to manage this within a specialist mental health setting.
• Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health or willingness to undertake training

Experience
Essential

• Post graduate experience in a mental health setting.
• Able to demonstrate and evidence a broad range of therapeutic clinical skills for the post

Skills
Essential

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of diversity and gender issues and how these relate to service provision
• High level of written skills and ability to compile reports, assessments and maintain detailed and accurate service user records.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, BB1 3BL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Leader Lauren Morton, Lauren.Morton@lscft.nhs.uk, 01254612731

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