CYP Mental Health Practitioner/Senior EMHP/CYWP

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Macclesfield; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a leadership role within Mental Health Support Teams in East Cheshire. The post offers hybrid working, with base access to Elm House, Macclesfield or Catherine House, Crewe.

You will deliver interventions, supervise practitioners and help shape MHST growth, working with schools to promote whole-school mental wellbeing. Applicants may apply as CYPMHP or Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner, with significant

Qualifications

• Hold a core professional qualification and meet all aspects of the job description.
• Significant post-qualification experience in CYPMHS or child mental health field.
• Ability to work in schools and education settings with hybrid arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support evidence-based interventions for children, young people and caregivers.
• Hold a clinical caseload and contribute to service development and leadership.
• Supervise EMHP / CYWP practitioners and collaborate with Clinical Coordinators.
• Participate in duty rota and weekly case allocation meetings.
• Work with Senior Mental Health Leads to embed a whole-school approach to wellbeing.
• Lead staff training, parent workshops, and develop wellbeing action plans.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Caseload management

Mentally healthy interventions

Education

Core professional qualification

Post-qualification experience in CYPMHS

Job description

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and help shape the future of young people’s mental health? We’re looking for a passionate and experienced practitioner to join our Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in East Cheshire as part of the Governments ambition to cover all schools by 2029. This post is a fixed term contract until December 2027.

Applicants should either apply as a Children's and Young Peoples Practitioner (CYPMHP) and therefore hold a core professional qualification and meet all other aspects of this job description or apply as a Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner or Children's and Young Peoples Wellbeing Practitioner and meet all aspects of this job description, including significant post qualification experience of working within a CYPMHS or Child Mental Health related field.

The MHSTs offer hybrid working, including accessing CWP premises in East Cheshire, working from schools and working from home. Base can be negociated with the successful candidate - either Elm House, Macclesfield or Catherine House, Crewe.

We are a forward-thinking service dedicated to placing children, young people, and their families at the centre of everything we do. Our MHST is an integral part of the wider Access service within the Trust, working collaboratively with colleagues across the care group to deliver compassionate, high-quality support.

In This Leadership Role, You Will

• Deliver and support a wide range of evidence-based interventions for children, young people and caregivers
• Hold a clinical caseload while contributing to service development and leadership
• Supervise EMHP / CYWP practitioners and work alongside the Clinical Coordinators to shape the MHST’s growth
• Participate in our duty rota to screen referrals into the service and contribute to weekly case allocation meetings You’ll also work closely with Senior Mental Health Leads (SMHLs) in schools to embed a whole-school approach to mental wellbeing. This includes:
• Leading staff training and parent workshops
• Supporting the creation of mental wellbeing action plans and audits
• Contributing to the evaluation of initiatives to ensure our service remains effective, ethical, and safe This is more than a job, it’s a chance to be part of a forward-thinking, compassionate team that’s transforming how mental health is supported in education settings.

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.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Henry Job title: MHST Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail]

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