CYP Education Mental Health Practitioner EMHP/CYPWP

Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within Wirral Mental Health Support Team (MHST). We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is passionate about CYP mental health, with a demonstrable track record of CYP MH clinical experience. You will be a qualified Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioner or Education Mental Health Practitioner (post-graduate certificate or above from a provider university as part of the CYP-IAPT programme).

The post involves working directly with schools, colleges and settings across Wirral providing information, advice and guidance through consultation, training, direct work with children and young people and their parents / caregivers and delivering evidence based interventions.

We require successful applicants to have professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP) OR be able to obtain this within 6 months of start date. Note if the successful applicant does not hold professional registration they will be recruited to a 6 month fixed term contract to allow time for professional registration to be completed. The contract will be amended to permanent once professional registration has been confirmed.

This post is full time 37.5 hours per week. One post is permanent and one post is 12 months fixed term. We are happy to accept applications from Trainee EMHPs.

Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work within Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Mental Health Support Team (Wirral MHST) and provide a range of assessment and other interventions on an individual and wider systems basis under close clinical supervision from experienced staff.

Accessing regular case management and clinical supervision on an individual and group basis will be an important aspect of the role.

The post-holder will be able to deliver a range of 1:1 and group Low Intensity CBT based interventions for children, young people, and parents/carers.

About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Details
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 373-CYP1622
Location: Wirral Mental Health Support Team, JOY Building, 2 Cleveland Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 6ND

Qualifications

• Essential: Qualified Post Graduate Certificate or above from a provider university as part of the CYP-IAPT programme e.g. EMHP, CWP
• Essential: Professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP) within 6 months of qualification.
• Desirable: Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
• Desirable: Demonstrates continued professional development within the mental health arena as evidenced by certificated course from recognised training bodies.

Knowledge and Expertise

• Essential: Knowledge of child psychology and development
• Essential: Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present
• Essential: Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
• Essential: Demonstrates a knowledge of the impact of multisystemic issues such as home, school and community.
• Essential: Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
• Desirable: Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological and systemic therapies and how it relates to this post

Experience

• Essential: Experience of safeguarding vulnerable people
• Essential: Experience of multi-agency working
• Essential: Experience of working in a mental health and/or CYP setting
• Desirable: Evidence of working in the local community
• Desirable: Experience of routine outcome monitoring

Trust Values

• Essential: Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer details
Employer name: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/

For questions about the job, contact:
Team Manager, Isabell Sutherland, isabell.sutherland@nhs.net, 03003033157

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.