Complex Needs Service Mental Health Practitioner

**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**
The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply
Are you passionate about supporting clients who may have ‘fallen through the gaps’ and interested in transforming services? If so, we have an exciting role in our Complex Needs Service for a Structured Clinical Management Practitioner. The role is based in Macclesfield with some remote working and cross-site travelling within East-Cheshire.
**Complex Needs Service offers many benefits including**:
A friendly and welcoming team
Free on-site parking
Weekly group clinical supervision and regular individual supervision
We can provide SCM training if required and we can also offer paid additional training in other therapeutic approaches
Secondments from internal CWP teams can be considered
Opportunities to attend conferences and be involved with clinical research
The Complex Needs Service offers assessment, formulation and psychologically informed treatments for adults who may attract a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder.’ We offer NICE recommended therapies including Structured Clinical Management, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy and Mentalisation Based Therapy in a community setting lasting up to 18 months.
- To support the implementation of the SCM pathway for clients with complex emotional difficulties, including clients with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).
- To manage a capped caseload and deliver interventions which align to the SCM framework i.e. Assessment phase, stabilization phase and intervention phase
- To work collaboratively with clients to develop a shared understanding / formulation of needs. To hold a supportive and collaborative therapeutic stance to support clients to take a problem-solving approach.
- To support the delivery of the SCM problem solving group or similar psychological intervention for clients with complex emotional difficulties.
- To attend and participate in regular SCM supervision.
- To work as a role model to other staff, supporting the delivery of evidence-based interventions to clients with symptoms linked to complex emotional difficulties.
- To advocate for clients who may have Complex Emotional Difficulties. To promote collaborative working with carers, supporting a joint partnership and engagement in care planning as agreed with clients

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.
To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.
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Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
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 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.
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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