CYP Mental Health Practitioner with CYP Urgent Support Team

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Crewe; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service provider in Crewe is seeking a CYP Mental Health Practitioner to join its Urgent Support Team. This role focuses on crisis intervention and involves mental health risk assessments, safeguarding young people, and collaborative work with various services. Required qualifications include professional registration and strong communication skills. Training and development opportunities will be provided. The position is full-time, requiring access to transport for work purposes.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction program

Continuing Professional Development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in assessing and managing risk within a mental health or social care setting is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other services and agencies.
• Essential access to transport for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive mental health risk assessments.
• Plan crisis interventions and safeguard young people.
• Provide face-to-face support and liaise with external agencies.

Skills

Clinical knowledge of mental health assessment

Crisis intervention

Communication skills

Education

Professional registration with HCPC, Social Work England or NMC

Job description

CYP Mental Health Practitioner with CYP Urgent Support Team

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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.

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 in line with the Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care for CYP implementation guidance NHS England » Urgent and emergency mental health care for children and young people: national implementation guidance.

Clinical knowledge and relevant experience of assessing and managing risk within a mental health or social care setting is highly desirable although not essential, as continuing support and development opportunities will be provided. Professional registration with HCPC, Social Work England or NMC is required.

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.

The posts will cover the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership footprint, therefore access to transport for work purposes is essential. The role is based at Crewe.

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 and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

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.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

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: Lynne Shields Job title: Team Manager UST Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01270 656360

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