CYP Mental Health Practitioner - CYPMHS

NHS; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Birkenhead seeks a CYP Mental Health Practitioner to provide therapeutic support within a multi-disciplinary team. The role requires a professional registration and experience in child mental health services. Candidates should have a strong knowledge of therapeutic approaches and be skilled in assessment and intervention. The position offers an opportunity to develop the CYPMHS services for young people with mental health difficulties.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for professional development

Commitment to values-based recruitment

Qualifications

• Significant post qualification experience working within CYPMHS or Child Mental Health.
• Experience writing and evaluating Care/Treatment Plans.
• Experience providing clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assess and intervene within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Work closely with CYPMHS leads and specialists.
• Drive the development of CYPMHS services.

Skills

Working knowledge of specialist therapeutic approaches (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy)

Experience of inter-agency working

IT skills including databases and Microsoft Office

Education

Professional Registration with a recognised National Body

Nationally recognised post-qualification training

Therapeutic Training to intermediate/diploma level

Job description

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

CYP Mental Health Practitioner - CYPMHS

The closing date is 15 October 2025

Wirral Child & Young Person Mental Health Service CYPMHS (previously CAMHS) is a therapy-based service which offers support to children and young people with mild to severe mental health difficulties and their families and carers. We work in close alignment with the Local Authority, education and the voluntary sector. Our aim is to ensure that children receive the right support, from the right service at the right time.

We are a friendly, supportive and committed team, who offer a range of opportunities to staff to develop their skills to improve service provision and most importantly the experience of young people accessing the service

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be an experienced clinician who will work closely with CYPMHS leads, eating disorder specialists and members of core CYPMHS (previously CAMHS) to provide assessment and intervention within a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will be committed to help to develop and drive the CYPMHS Wirral 0-18 forward

Please carefully read the Job Description and fully demonstrate in your supporting statement how you meet each essential criteria for these posts.

Access to transport for work purposes is essential

This role requires: a core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional) AND Professional registration

About us

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.

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.

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

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is 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 recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.