As an Authority we are actively working as a Partner in Practice with the Department of Education; supporting other authorities to improve their services. We have won the prestigious award of Overall Council of the Year at the Public Service Excellence Awards, in addition to our Edge of Care Team winning the Best Innovation/Demand Management award. The Children in Need team in Winsford also won the Children’s Services Team of the Year at the National Social Work Awards in .
We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced individual to join the newly created Nook team within the Intervention Hub.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
The Nook is a collaboration project between Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) and Cheshire West and Chester Local Authority (CWAC). As a member of the Nook team you will work closely with partner agencies and be involved in providing an intensive whole family approach supporting those children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties which place them at risk of entering a Tier in-patient unit or where young people are being discharged from a Tier in-patient unit and there may be a risk of family breakdown or readmittance to hospital.
The Nook team work with the family as a whole, utilising a solution focused methodology and evidence-based interventions to support and empower them in developing and implementing sustainable, long term, solutions and feel confident in managing the difficulties they may face.