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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Crewe (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Band 5 CYP Mental Health Worker at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will be a key part of the Intensive Support Function, supporting children and young people aged 5–18 with Autism, Learning Disabilities, and complex behavioural needs.

The role focuses on delivering direct clinical interventions, supporting assessment and care planning, and working with families and professionals to reduce crisis and prevent admission.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with a relevant body registration.
• Experience working with children and young people in a mental health setting.
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams and maintain professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct clinical interventions for the client group.
• Support assessment and care planning processes.
• Contribute to formulation, risk management and governance.
• Maintain high-quality clinical records and safeguarding compliance.

Skills

Clinical interventions

Care planning

Formulations

Multi-agency working

Record keeping

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Social Worker

Job description

CYP Mental Health Worker | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Company: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The Band 5 Mental Health Worker will form a key part of the Intensive Support Function (ISF), supporting children and young people aged 5–18 with Autism, Learning Disabilities, and complex behavioural needs. The role will focus on delivering direct clinical interventions, supporting assessment and care planning, and working proactively with families and professionals to reduce crisis, prevent placement breakdown, and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to formulation, risk management, and multi-agency planning. They will hold a defined caseload under supervision, maintain high-quality clinical records, and ensure compliance with safeguarding, governance, and Trust policies. The role will also involve providing advice and consultation to wider systems, supporting consistent approaches across services, and contributing to overall service effectiveness and improved outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

Summary

The Band 5 Mental Health Worker will form a key part of the Intensive Support Function (ISF), supporting children and young people aged 5–18 with Autism, Learning Disabilities, and complex behavioural needs. The role will focus on delivering direct clinical interventions, supporting assessment and care planning, and working proactively with families and professionals to reduce crisis, prevent placement breakdown, and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to formulation, risk management, and multi-agency planning. They will hold a defined caseload under supervision, maintain high-quality clinical records, and ensure compliance with safeguarding, governance, and Trust policies. The role will also involve providing advice and consultation to wider systems, supporting consistent approaches across services, and contributing to overall service effectiveness and improved outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

Essential Requirements:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker with relevant professional body registration.
• Passion for working with children and young people in a mental health setting.

Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of young people and their families!

You will have:

• A high level of enthusiasm and dedication to providing quality, community based mental health services to children, young people, and their families
• Experience in providing interventions & formulations to address the needs of the client group
• Experience of working with children and young people who, due to their mental and emotional health needs, present with a level of clinical risk
• Experience of working under pressure and in a demanding, fast paced environment
• To have the skill to adapt and the flexibility to think on your feet due to the nature of your role
• Access to transport or have the ability to travel to a variety of venues as part of the working day

Interested? Informal enquiries and visits to the team are welcomed.

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.

Please download a copy of the job description (see 'documents to download' section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s 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.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Hours: Full-time Location: CREWE, CW2 7EG Job type: Contract