Mental Health Practitioner with CYP Urgent Support Team
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000.
This Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) with CYP urgent support team post will be based in Crewe. An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our developing Children and Young People's (CYP) Emergency and Urgent care provision.
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 operates over 24 hours, 7 days per week to provide crisis mental health assessment and brief interventions for CYP in a range of settings.
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 posts will cover the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership footprint; therefore, access to transport for work purposes is essential.
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 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).
* Therapeutic Training to intermediate / diploma level
Knowledge and Expertise
* 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
* Experience of working with Students/ Learners
* Experience of providing clinical supervision
Experience
* 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
* Post qualifying experience of working within NHS community CYPMHS
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum pro rata
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