Main area
Mental Health Practitioner
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (24 hr shifts)
Job ref
373-CYP1107-B RR
Site
Countess of Chester
Town
Chester or Wirral
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/11/2024 23:59
Job overview
*We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**
This Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) post will be based at Wirral or Chester.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our developing Children and Young People’s (CYP) Emergency and Urgent care provision. As part of the NHS 5 Year Forward View, CWP have undertaken the development of the crisis response services for Children and Young People (CYP).
We are continuing to recruit a number of enthusiastic and motivated clinicians to CWP’s developing CYP Urgent Support Team.
These dynamic team members will form part of our skilled, multidisciplinary team. Clinicians will be offered the opportunity to develop skills and experience in this area through the induction process, internal training, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and supervision.
Main duties of the job
The service will operate over 24 hours, 7 days per week to provide crisis mental health assessment and interventions for CYP in a range of settings. Currently the service operates between 8am and 20:30pm, but will move to a 24 hour service in April 2024. Team members work 11.5 hour shifts, but flexible working requests will be considered.
Key components of the role include comprehensive mental health risk assessment, planning crisis interventions and appropriately safeguarding young people. You will work collaboratively to promote safety and support young people and their family/carers through face to face work and via the CWP Trust Wide Crisis Line. The post also involves liaison with other services and external agencies to ensure effective pathways of care.
The posts will cover the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership footprint, therefore access to transport for work purposes is essential. The role is based at Chester or Wirral.
Working for our organisation
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care.
Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.
CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.
To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional)
* Professional Registration with recognised National Body (HCPC, NMC, Social Work England)
* Nationally recognised post-qualification, continuous professional development (CPD) related to the core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional).
Desirable criteria
* Therapeutic Training to intermediate / diploma level
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable working knowledge of specialist therapeutic approaches e.g. CBT, Family Therapy
* Knowledge of Child Protection workings and Practice.
* Working knowledge of Children related legislation
* Experience of inter-agency working
* Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating Care / Treatment Plans
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working with Students/ Learners
* Experience of providing clinical supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
* Significant post qualification experience of working within a CYPMHS or Child Mental Health related field.
* Recognised experience of working within an environment where evidence based interventions have been delivered
* Undertaking formal and informal clinical risk assessments and risk management planning
* Undertaking Mental Health Assessments
* IT skills, including using databases, Microsoft Office and clinical systems
Desirable criteria
* Post qualifying experience of working within NHS community CYPMHS
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Louise Smith
Job title
Team Manager UST
Email address
louise.smith66@nhs.net
Telephone number
0151 488 8345
Additional information
Lynne Shields 01270 656360
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