Mental Health Practitioner

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

The relocation package is for anyone joining the Trust in a Clinical role who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time band 6 registered practitioner within our Crisis Triage and Response team based in Chester. The successful applicant will be expected to work across Urgent Care Mental Health First Response Services, which will include Crisis Resolution Home Treatment teams, Liaison Services, Street Triage Services, Liaison and Diversion Services and the Crisis Triage and Response Service.

The Mental Health Practitioner will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and interventions for people presenting to the acute hospital with a wide range of co-morbid psychiatric illnesses. This can be within the AED setting or medical wards across the whole hospital site. The Service runs for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, this will involve some unsocial hours, nights and weekends.

Also to provide comprehensive assessment for people experiencing mental health crisis in a community setting whilst working in partnership with police colleagues, NWAS and Local Authorities.

Assessments will be offered to patients aged 16+ (with no upper age limit) to provide mental health consultation, liaison and advice throughout departments delivering a range of evidenced based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.

The post holder will be expected to work as part of the Urgent Care Mental Health First Response Service which includes Crisis Triage & Response Services (Crisis Line/First Response), Liaison Psychiatry, Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Teams, Street Triage and Liaison & Diversion services (Criminal Justice).

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 ‘Bronze’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

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.