Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
CYP Mental Health Practitioner/Senior EMHP/CYWP
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Wirral CYPMHS
At Wirral CYPMHS, we are working together with families and community services to improve mental health through accessible, inclusive, specialist care and support to increase children and young people’s potential and life chances.
Education
The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties in Wirral Primary Schools. The purpose of the Mental Health Support Team is to promote positive Mental Well-Being as well as Positive Mental Health. The main focus of Mental Health Support teams is:
- To provide support and advice to school staff through consultation and training
- To work with children and young people 1-1 or through group work
- To support schools in their development of a Whole School Approach to Mental Health
We seek to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic individuals who are passionate about CYP mental health. You will be a qualified Senior Wellbeing Practitioner/ Education Mental Health Practitioner/ CYP Wellbeing Practitioner registered with a professional body, or hold a core profession, and have experience of working in a Child and Young person Mental Health Support Team.
If you are a qualified EMHP/ CYWP, you will currently be studying to become a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner or willing to undertake this 2-year training within 12 months of starting this post.
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The Mental Health Practitioner/ Senior EMHP/ CYWP role for MHST will support the delivery of all interventions provided by Education Mental Health Practitioners and Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioners, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions are used to support young people’s mental health. You will support leadership and will be involved in the development of the MHST alongside the Clinical Lead, Team Manager and Clinical Coordinator, supervising practitioners and coordinating a cluster of Education Mental Health practitioners and Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioners. The senior EMHP/ CYWP will also hold a small caseload and provide supervision to practitioners in the team.
Ideally this would be a full-time position, however part-time or flexible hours may be considered. This role will involve remote working/hybrid working however there will be a requirement to work from the office on certain days.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP)
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.
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Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Isabell Sutherland
- Job title: MHST Team Manager
- Email address: isabell.sutherland@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0300 303 3157
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100
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