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CYP Education Mental Health Practitioner EMHP/CYPWP
The closing date is 28 October 2025
This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of the Cheshire Mental Health Support Team's (MHST) based in Cheshire West. We have 1 post available within the Cheshire West team.
The Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner/CYPWP will work with colleagues in the Cheshire West MHST based in Chester & Winsford, working closely with education settings and professionals supporting children, young people and their families.
The post involves working directly with schools, colleges and settings 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.
We are happy to consider applications from current Band 4 trainee EMHP/CYWP's due to qualify in September 2025.
This post is part time 22.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work within Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Mental Health Support Team (Cheshire West 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 and Liverpool.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Post Graduate Certificate or above from a provider university as part of the CYP-IAPT programme e.g. EMHP, CWP
* Professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP) within 6 months of qualification.
* Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
* Demonstrates continued professional development within the mental health arena as evidenced by certificated course from recognised training bodies.
Knowledge and Expertise
* Knowledge of child psychology and development
* Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present
* Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
* Demonstrates a knowledge of the impact of multisystemic issues such as home, school and community.
* Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
* Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological and systemic therapies and how it relates to this post
Experience
* Experience of safeguarding vulnerable people
* Experience of multi-agency working
* Experience of working in a mental health and/or CYP setting
* Evidence of working in the local community
* Experience of routine outcome monitoring
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Acorn Suite Countess of Chester Health Park
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
373-CYP1485
Job locations
Acorn Suite Countess of Chester Health Park
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