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 would be likely to attract a diagnosis of personality disorder, 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”.

We are currently recruiting one Band 6 mental health practitioner to Complex Needs Service West based at Upton Lea Resource Centre.

Post holder will maintain a caseload of 10 people and provide evidenced based intervention. Post holder will also co-facilitate a skills based group.

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 models, according to their clinical interests and the needs of the team (such as SCM, DBT, MBT, EMDR).

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) supports thousands of vulnerable people across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We provide physical, mental health and learning disability services to a total population of around one million people.

Situated near two thriving cities in Liverpool and Manchester, CWP operates from 66 sites across Cheshire and Merseyside, including Wirral, Chester, Winsford, Crewe, Macclesfield, Sefton and Trafford.

We have been recognised by the Health Service Journal as one of the top places to work in the health service for the last two years running and committed to delivering person centred care.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated CWP as ‘Good’ overall, ‘better’ for treatments and ‘Outstanding’ for care.

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

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

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.