Job summary
- Main area
- CYP Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 350-CC7507562
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre
- Town
- Prescot
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/10/2025
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner
Band 5
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated mental health practitioner to join our thriving team at Knowsley CYPMHS Team.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and who is able to work well autonomously and as part of a team.
We care for children and young people with varying mental health issues, providing treatment and therapy to them and their families/carers using the think family approach.
We work towards the THRIVE model of care and work very closely with our partners across the borough so excellent communication skills and organisation is essential in this role. Although we would prefer someone with experience, Mersey care offers a fantastic preceptorship programme which can help newly qualified clinicians develop their experience and skills effectively within the first 12 months.
Main duties of the job
Hold a caseload of CYP to coordinate their care and treatment
Assess new cases to ascertain suitabilityAct as part of an MDT to deliver evidence based treatments and therapies
Liaise with outside agencies to co-ordinate care
Act as an advocate for children and young people in your care ensuring the voice of the child is heard
Attend meetings and events to develop experience and skills as well as share relevant information
To attend and assist with training
To ensure safeguarding is considered at every opportunity and follow policies and procedures in relation to any safeguarding concerns
To ensure policies and procedures of Mersey Care are followed at all times to ensure safe delivery of care.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as laid down in the care plan.
To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.
To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users for with guidance from a supervisor.
To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service user’s care.
To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information. 10. To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification RMN AHP Social Worker
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Evidence of post registration study
- Approved training in CYPMHS
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
- Effective Care Co-ordination
- Care Planning and evaluation
- Quality and clinical audit
- Health & Safety/Risk Management Mental Health Act
- Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience in working in multi disciplinary teams
- Experience of working with young people
- Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High Professional Standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging Leadership Style
- Strong Customer Service belief
- Transparency and Honesty
- Discreet
- Change Oriented
Other
Essential criteria
- Access to transport
- Ongoing post registration development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively
- Possess good listening and negotiation skills
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Possess a caring, compassionate and empathic attitude
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alana Waring
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 351 8610
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