CYPMHS Mental Health Practitioner | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust


Company:	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Chester, CH1 3DY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Nov 2026

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Summary

Are you looking for a rewarding and challenging role as a Band 6 Children and Young People's Mental Health Practitioner? If so, we would love to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within West Cheshire CYPMHS for a 12-month secondment to cover a colleague undertaking specialist training. The post is for30 hours per week, with flexible working arrangements available.

As part of our experienced multidisciplinary team, you will undertake mental health assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, manage clinical risk, and work collaboratively with children, young people, families and partner agencies to support positive outcomes.

We are seeking a motivated practitioner with:

• A recognised qualification in Nursing, Social Work or an Allied Health Profession

• Current professional registration

• Experience working with children and young people with mental health difficulties

• Experience delivering evidence-based interventions and managing clinical risk

• Knowledge of therapeutic approaches such as CBT, DBT, EMDR or systemic therapy

• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills

• A commitment to ongoing professional development

The West Cheshire CYPMHS team offers a supportive environment, regular supervision, multidisciplinary working and opportunities to further develop your clinical skills. If you are passionate about improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, we encourage you to apply.

Do you want to improve the pathways for children and young people’s mental health services?

You will have: -

• A high level of enthusiasm and dedication to providing quality, community based mental health services to children, young people, and their families

• Experience in undertaking mental health assessments and providing interventions & formulations to address the needs of the client group

• Experience of working with children and young people who, due to their mental and emotional health needs, present with a level of clinical risk

• Experience of working under pressure and in a demanding, fast paced environment

• To have the skill to adapt and the flexibility to think on your feet due to the nature of your role

• Access to transport or have the ability to travel to a variety of venues as part of the working day

Are you interested? Any informal enquiries and visits to the team are welcomed.

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 £15 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 Friday 6 Nov 2026

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