Mental Health Specialist - LD/ASC

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner to lead THRIVE-aligned care for children and young people with ASC/LD. You will coordinate multi-agency plans and deliver targeted interventions to improve safety and outcomes.

You’ll also help develop local pathways and provide expert consultation to schools, CSC, and third sector partners. The role emphasizes collaboration, safeguarding, and service evaluation within the THRIVE framework, with flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-agency plans to support children and young people.
• Ability to deliver therapeutic interventions for CYP with ASC/LD.
• Provide consultation and supervision to colleagues and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-agency plans to support CYP in THRIVE framework.
• Deliver specialist interventions for CYP with ASC/LD.
• Develop and support local pathways of care and training.
• Provide consultation and supervision to partner agencies.

Skills

Multi-agency work

Therapeutic intervention

Consultation

Supervision

Education

Mental health qualification

Tools

THRIVE framework

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen across Mid-Mersey Mental Health Support Teams in schools (MHST) for an experienced/skilled and passionate specialist practitioner to support the mental health of children and young people with ASC / LD.

As a specialist practitioner you will be responsible for leading multi-agency plans to support CYP.

You will deliver therapeutic intervention to meet the needs of CYP and complete appropriate safety plans.

As a specialist mental health practitioner you will be key in developing and supporting local pathways of care and support and evaluation of services and training to the wider system.

You will also offer consultation this includes working with CSC, Education and third sector organisations and is a very important aspect to our work.

This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

As a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide a specialised role in the development and implementation of services and care pathways for children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] ,and Learning Disability / Autistic Spectrum Conditions [ ASC] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.

The post holder will be expected to provide specialist interventions, advice, consultancy and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE.

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 demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Geoff Harrison Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01925 664100