Mental Health Practitioner Mhst

**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**

We seek to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic individuals who are passionate about CYP mental health, with a demonstrable track record of CAMHS clinical and supervisory experience. You will be a CAMHS professional, registered with a professional body) or have equivalent qualifications and accreditation and have experience of working in a Child and Young person Mental Health Setting.

You will be joining the new Wave 10 Mental Health Support Team in East Cheshire, but will have the opportunity to work across the wider MHST sites as required.

The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and well being of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to helping and improving emotional support within all primary and secondary schools. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be part of CYP Access function.

The Mental Health Practitioner role for MHST will be to support the delivery of all interventions provided by Emotional & Mental Health Practitioners, ensuring that a wide range of evidence based interventions are used to support young people’s mental health. You will support leadership and will be involved in the development of the MHST alongside the Clinical Lead and Clinical Coordinator, supervising practitioners and other senior colleagues in the service and within the borough.

Promote positive Mental Well-Being as well as Positive Mental Health.Contribute to the CAMHS multi professional team assessing, delivering and evaluating the mental health needs of the young people accepted by the service.

The post holder will be part of the team as it develops towards CAMHS Transformation ( evening, weekend hours) and the Thrive Framework.

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 ‘Silver’ 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.