CYP Wellbeing Practitioner / Education Mental Health Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Wirral Mental Health Support Team (MHST), providing support to children and young people of primary and secondary school age across Wirral. Band 5 Mental Health Worker will work with colleagues in MHST who align closely with the Children and Young People's Mental Health Services, 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, direct work with children and young people and their families and delivering evidence-based interventions as well as supporting schools in developing and implementing a Whole School Approach to Mental Health. Post qualification experience is preferred. This is an exciting time for Children and Young People Mental Health Services so please come and be part of the development. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join an ever-expanding team.

• We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000 for anyone who needs to relocate in order to take up employment with CWP. T&Cs apply - see attached document. If this applies to you, please state this on your application so we can discuss this with you.
MyMind CYPMHS in Wirral are working together with families and community services to improve mental health through accessible, inclusive, specialist care and support to increase children and young people's potential and life chances. We seek to appoint an enthusiastic, 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 MHSTs are part of an exciting project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties in Wirral Schools. The main focus of Mental Health Support Teams are: To provide support and advice to school staff through consultation and training. To provide evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild-moderate mental health difficulties on a 1-1 or group basis. To support schools in their development of a Whole School Approach to Mental Health., 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. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.