CYP Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorder Service CYPMHS

Job overview

Wirral Child & Young Person Mental Health Service  (CYPMHS previously CAMHS) Eating Disorder Service is a therapy-based service which offers support to children and young people with Eating Disorders and wider moderate to severe mental health difficulties and their families and carers. We work in close alignment with the Local Authority, education, acute hospitals and the voluntary sector. Our aim is to ensure that children receive the right support, from the right service at the right time.

We are a friendly, supportive and committed team, who offer a range of opportunities to staff to develop their skills to improve service provision and most importantly the experience of young people accessing the service.

This post will be considered as a secondment opportunity for those looking for experience within eating disorders rather than a permanent move into the service. Please approach your current Team Manager to gain approval before applying for the post if you are considering this option.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be an experienced clinician who will work closely with CYPMHS leads, members of the Eating Disorder Team and members of core CYPMHS  to provide assessment and intervention within a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will be committed to help to develop and drive the CYPMHS Wirral Eating Disorder Team forward and have experience or a be able to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of working within this specialist area

Please carefully read the Job Description and fully demonstrate in your supporting statement how you meet each essential criteria for these posts.

Access to transport for work purposes is essential

This role requires: a core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional) AND Professional registration

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: [email protected] 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!