Mental Health Practitioner

**Main area**
- Mental Health Practitioner**Grade**

Band 6

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

**Job ref**

373-SMH2169

**Site**
- Upton Lea Resource Centre**Town**

Chester

**Salary**

£35,392 - £42,618 per annum

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

07/10/2024 23:59

**Job overview**:
**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.

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen to be a part of the Mental Health Intensive Support Service, based across Cheshire and Wirral.

This is a newly established Service that provides specialist assessment, treatment, interventions & support, to help people recover from complex mental health problems & to regain the skills & confidence to live successfully in the community.

**Main duties of the job**:
As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will work intensively with a small cohort of patients with a range of complex needs, providing high quality levels of care in order to assist these patients to live independent lives. Working alongside the MDT to ensure effective and adaptive patient care with a strong focus on recovery, identifying relapse indicators and promoting independence.

The MHIS team are proactive in pre-empting crisis and preventing admission into hospital, and therefore you must be able to demonstrate excellent skills in risk management, adaptive care planning and communication skills with a genuine attitude of care and dedication to this type of cohort of patients.

**Working for our organisation**:
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.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
- 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.

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 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.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Educated to diploma/degree level and registered with the appropriate professional body
- Professional knowledge acquired through a relevant degree plus relevant experience for working with complex cases

**Desirable criteria**:

- Evidence of continued professional development
- NVQ A 1 qualification
- Relevant mentorship qualification as required by governing body
- Specialist practitioner qualification (SPQ)

**Knowledge and Expertise**:
**Essential criteria**:

- In-depth knowledge and experience of working within the recovery focused philosophy framework
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