Early Intervention Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen to join a well established Early Intervention in Psychosis service based in Vale Royal, covering this area in addition to East Cheshire.

We are looking to recruit a practitioner who is an enthusiastic and self-motivated and who works well within a team. Good communication skills, an ability to work in partnership with service users and carers, and being able to work within a multi-disciplinary team setting are essential qualities. In addition to conducting specialist assessments you will also carry a care coordination caseload providing early intervention evidence based interventions for service users experiencing first episode psychosis.

You will be responsible for the assessment of needs alongside the development & implementation recovery based care programmes for young people and their families experiencing the early stages of psychosis.

You will be an enthusiastic, adaptable and highly motivated practitioner with a keen interest in the EI model and guidelines. You will be part of a well established multidisciplinary team and play a key role in supporting people in the community.

You will be able to take on the challenges of managing a caseload, including care co-ordination, conducting specialist assessments, supporting colleagues and be committed to the 6 Cs, team working and trauma informed care.

You will have the opportunity to take part in specialist training such as Family Interventions.

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 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. CWP also scored the highest in the north west (among mental health, learning disability and community Trusts) for staff “recommending CWP as a place to work” in the NHS Staff Survey 2020.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool - and provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

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. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

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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