Mental Health Practitioner

Are you a mental health practitioner (nurse, occupational therapist or social worker) looking for a new and exciting challenge with opportunities for training and further development? Are you interested and passionate about working with people who have complex needs or have experienced trauma? If yes, then we are looking for people like you

Due to significant investment, and as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, this is a fantastic time to join our newly forming Cheshire Complex Needs Service (East and West Cheshire). Our team has aspirations of transforming services and providing greater access to evidence-based interventions with this client group who may have previously “fallen through the gaps”.

Main duties of the job

1) To hold a caseload of individuals with complex needs and deliver evidence-based interventions.

2) Develop collaborative working practices across local services (internal and external).

3) Provide supervision to members of the team and consultation to wider teams/services.

4) To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

Successful applicants will become part of our supportive and friendly team made up of mental health practitioners, clinical support workers, admin staff, assistant psychologists, and clinical psychologists. Successful applicants will also have access to training and supervision in specialist therapy models, according to their clinical interests and the needs of the team (such as Structured Clinical Managment, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy and Mentalisation Based Therapy.

As a mental health practitioner, you will maintain a caseload of 10 clients who you will deliver therapy to. You will also co-facilitate skills group on a rota.

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 ‘Bronze’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

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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.