CYP Mental Health Practitioner | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Posting date:	17 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	17 December 2025
Location:	Cheshire wide, CW2 7EG
Company:	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7536776/373-CYP1490

Summary

The Team supports young people up to 18 years of age in the West Cheshire, Central Cheshire and East Cheshire areas.

This is an exciting opportunity as we develop our 0-18 Mental Health Access Services in the Community.

Please join the Children & Young Person’s Mental Health Hub Team so you can be part of the developments.

This post will be fully office based. The post holder will be required to work in one of the Cheshire bases in either Ellesmere Port, Chester, Winsford, Crewe or Macclesfield. The highest scorer at interview will be offered the full range of location choice. There will be a reduced range of location choice for subsequent scorers. Please note there may also be an occasional need to provide cover in any of the Cheshire wide bases.

Planned shortlisting date is 8th December and planned interview date is 15th December.

As a member of the clinical team, you will independently provide specialist mental health assessments with children & young people with complex mental health needs. In collaboration with the MDT, as well as the young person and their family, you will develop formulations and advise on treatment pathways appropriate to clinical need. You will also offer advice on appropriate support and signposting.

You will participate in triaging of new referrals, including screening for high levels of risk that that may need re-directing for urgent intervention.

You will undertake preventative aspects of service delivery such as offering consultation and expert advice to other professionals and participating in training programmes.

This role does not involve delivery of therapeutic interventions, however, opportunities may be available to work on a rotational basis with 0-18 CYPMHS.

This role will entail high throughput, but you will be joining a highly motivated team and supportive leadership structure.

You must have computer skills as all systems are electronic .

See Job description for specific duties relating to the role.

Please contact Vicki for more information.

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.

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.

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.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

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 £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!


This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025

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