Assistant Practitioner

6 months ago


Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Full time

Assistant Practitioner Perinatal Physical Health, Wellbeing & Lifestyle Facilitator

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of women.

Improving the physical health of our clients and reducing the impact of inequality on poor health outcomes (both maternal and child) has been identified as an important role within our service. It ensures those women get the physical and wellbeing support which is tailored to pregnancy or post birth.

This post is part time 30 hours per week for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

The post holders will assist in the identification of physical health and lifestyle needs, and participate in the delivery and evaluation of interventions developed to meet those needs. Working alongside mothers experiencing moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems, and including those with pre-existing severe mental health disorders. The post holders will contribute to holistic community assessments, in a range of settings, with a strong emphasis on promoting optimum physical health and wellbeing. The post holders will actively work with families and carers in their own homes and in community settings flexibly and will offer practical support and advice based on the identified needs of service users, partners and their children. The service covers Wirral, East Cheshire and West Cheshire.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification)andvalues.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

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

All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).

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 £13 per year applies.

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

CWP encourages and supports all staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19.


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