Facilitating Early Discharge Mental Health Practitioner


Company:	Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4LF
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Oct 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

You will work closely with the inpatient wards in the Bay and HBTT to support patients be safely discharged to their own homes or appropriate accommodation. You will work to support patients be discharged from hospital and engage with HBTT. You will be focused on developing community links preventing hospital admission and will ensure the smooth transition for service users between specialist and mainstream services and other teams.

You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Approved Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Dip SW with evidence of professional development. You should have some post qualifying experience and should have experience of working with people who have a severe mental illness within an acute environment. Some experience of working within a community setting may also be beneficial.

We can offer you supervision, training and support. You will be part of a team and be included in the developments moving the service forward.

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

This advert closes on Monday 5 Oct 2026

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