Mental Health Practitioner

**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**
If you are a caring individual looking for an exciting opportunity working with children and young people as a Mental Health Practitioner within the Children &Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) Wirral 0-18 Team, look no further
Wirral Child & Young Person Mental Health Service CYPMHS (previously CAMHS) is a therapy-based service which offers therapeutic interventions to children and young people with mild to severe mental health difficulties and their families and carers. Our aim is to ensure that children receive the right support, from the right service at the right time. We provide, assessments, formulations, case management and therapeutic interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Systemic Family Practise (SFP), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Previous experience of working in mental health setting is necessary and working with children and young people an advantage.
Please carefully read the Job Description and fully demonstrate in your supporting statement how you meet each essential criteria for these posts.
Access to transport for work purposes is essential
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.
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.