Main area Mental Health Practitioner Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time Part time 37.5 hours per week Job ref 373-CYP1048-I RR Site Mill Street Town Crewe Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/01/2025 23:59 Job overview 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. 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 brief interventions for CYP in a range of settings in line with the Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care for CYP implementation guidance NHS England. Currently, the service operates between 8am and 20:30pm, but will move to a 24-hour service in the future. 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. 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Recruitment selection processes are based on competence and values. 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. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional) Professional Registration with recognised National Body (HCPC, NMC, Social Work England) Desirable criteria Therapeutic Training to intermediate / diploma level Knowledge and Expertise Essential criteria Demonstrable working knowledge of specialist therapeutic approaches Knowledge of Child Protection workings and Practice. Desirable criteria Experience of providing clinical supervision Experience Essential criteria Significant post qualification experience of working within a CYPMHS or Child Mental Health related field. 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. If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.