Health Care Support Worker | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Mai 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £25,760 - £27,476 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Mehefin 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Cwmni: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 8043798/351-CEN2556-LG |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Mental Health Liaison support worker to be based at Avondale.
37.5 hours a week on a 24 hr 7 days a week rota basis.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.
The mental health liaison team provides a comprehensive service to patients/service users over 16yrs, carers and clinical colleagues based within the Acute Hospital Trust.
To assist in the provision of quality evidence based practice, within a busy A/E department and Acute wards. Providing advice; support and care, liaising with other agencies under the guidance of the Mental Health Liaison Nurses for Service Users and their families who present often in a distressed state with complex mental health needs and Social difficulties .
As a member of the Mental Health Liaison Team the post holder will be expected to support service within the below areas-
• Emergency Department
• Urgent Care Centres
• Medical assessment areas
• All wards, departments and clinical teams across the hospital
Patients may present with a wide range of mental health and psychological problems, including following an episode of self-harm, psychiatric emergency and as a consequence of physical illness. You will be expected to work with individuals experiencing psychosomatic disorders and a variety of psychological and adjustment issues resulting from physical illness.
The post holder will participate in and assist the MDT in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion. Participate and assist in on-going assessments, Care Programme Approach and care plans. To assist in conducting clinical risk assessment of service users, help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the client’s progress, providing effective advice, guidance, and decision making process. Reporting and recording any changes in service user’s mental/physical/emotional state to qualified staff culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care.
You will have experience of working with service users who present with complex mental health needs.
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
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Jun 2026