# CYP Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorder Service CYPMHS > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cyp-mental-health-practitioner-eating-disorder-service-cypmhs/9aecfcaa-a935-48a7-839c-2cfadfc0150d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cyp-mental-health-practitioner-eating-disorder-service-cypmhs/9aecfcaa-a935-48a7-839c-2cfadfc0150d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Redesmere (Trust Headquarters) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Temporary/secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T09:33:24.304Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Ellesmere_Port/Cheshire_Wirral_Partnership_NHS_FoundationTrust/CYP_Eating_Disorder_Mental_Health_Practitioner/CYP_Eating_Disorder_Mental_Health_Practitioner-v8293250 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8293250?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cwp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Promote positive Mental Well-Being as well as Positive Mental Health. Contribute to the Community Eating Disorder team assessing, delivering and evaluating the Eating Disorder needs of the young people accepted by the service. Take responsibility for providing specialist eating disorder assessments to children & young people with complex health needs. In collaboration within team and child/parents/carers deliver a treatment plan that offers a range of therapeutic approaches appropriate to clinical need. Undertake preventative aspects of service delivery such as offering consultation and expert advice to other professionals and participate in training programmes. Work within CWP policies and service operational policies responsible, both autonomously and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, for decisions in accepting, prioritising and assessing referrals to the service. The post holder will be part of the team as it develops towards CYPMH ### Main duties of the job KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Undertake an initial CYPCEDS assessment of new referrals gathering relevant information from young person, parents/carers and from other agencies. 2. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of therapeutic care to young people suffering from complex Eating Disorders and mental health difficulties 3. Undertake care planning and subsequent reviews in collaboration with a young person, their parents/carers. - Undertake the screening of routine and urgent referrals and where necessary offering a frontline clinical intervention providing a clinical formulation and risk management plan. 5. Collaborate with young people and their parents/carers with respect to care planning and the management of risk. 8. Hold case management responsibilities for a caseload of young people with eating disorders. 9 Attend and participate in external multi-agency care planning and safeguarding meetings. 10. Directly implement a variety of psychological, psychoeducational and therapeutic treatments including Family Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa . 11. Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding issues within procedures set down by Trust and Local Safeguarding Procedures. 10. Participate in clinical consultations relating to complex cases. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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! ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post qualification experience of working within a CYPMHS or Child Mental Health related field. - Recognised experience of working within an environment where evidence based interventions have been delivered - Undertaking formal and informal clinical risk assessments and risk management planning - Undertaking mental health assessments - IT skills, including using databases, Microsoft Office and clinical systems **Desirable** - Post qualifying experience of working within NHS community CYPMHS ### Trust Values **Essential** - Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency) ### Qualifications **Essential** - Core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional) - Professional Registration with recognised National Body (HCPC, NMC, Social Work England) - Nationally recognised post-qualification, continuous professional development (CPD) related to the core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional) **Desirable** - Therapeutic Training to intermediate / diploma level ### Knowledge and Expertise **Essential** - Demonstrable working knowledge of specialist therapeutic approaches e.g. CBT, Family Therapy - Knowledge of Child Protection workings and Practice. - Working knowledge of Children related legislation - Experience of inter-agency working - Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating Care / Treatment Plans **Desirable** - Experience of working with Students/ Learners - Experience of providing clinical supervision ## Documents - [trust profile (pdf, 521.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2737) - [privacy notice (pdf, 177.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1515) - [job description (pdf, 213.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654299) - [application guide (pdf, 28.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2738) - [updated oh risk form (pdf, 367.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10612298) - [dbs update service applicant guide (pdf, 228.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=623) - [recruitment of ex-offenders policy (pdf, 167.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=618) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.