Mental Health Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner to deliver evidence-based, client-centred care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE framework. The role spans inpatient and community settings, with opportunities to provide interventions, guidance and supervision to colleagues and external partners.

As the post aligns with the CYPMH strategy, you will contribute to service development and work within a framework of recovery-focused

Qualifications

• Experience in child and adolescent mental health settings.
• Knowledge of THRIVE framework and recovery-focused care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standards of evidence-based, client-centred care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE framework.
• Offer interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to colleagues and partner agencies.
• Work across inpatient and community services and participate in a 24-hour rostering system where required.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Child & adolescent

Consultation & supervision

THRIVE framework

Job description

The Crisis Response and home Treatment Team offers an alternative to the 9-5 working

The team is a pan Borough service working across the four Boroughs .

The team offer urgent mental health assessments and have an extensive home treatment offer supporting complex young people in the community

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.

You will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency

As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.

The post holder will provide high quality, evidence-based care for service users and their carers within inpatient and community services. To carry out duties as a practitioner under the supervision of a mentor.

To function as an associate nurse/named nurse/care coordinator/ to service users assisting in assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused model of care. Where appropriate, to take part in a 24-hour system of rostering including internal rotation.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detailsand requirementsof the role.

This advert closes on Sunday 25 Oct 2026