CYP MHST / Access Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Cheshire Mental Health Support Team (MHST) / Access, providing support to parents and caregivers of children and young people.  This is a fixed term contract until March 2027.

Band 4 Assistant Practitioner will work with colleagues in MHST/ Access 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 alongside or under close supervision of trained practitioners within the MHST/Access service, providing information, advice and direct work with parents and caregivers, supporting delivery of evidence-based interventions. A key aspect of this role will be to support service users to successfully engage in therapeutic parent led interventions.

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 are happy to consider part time hours for this position for the success candidate.

Main duties of the job

• Band 4 Assistant Practitioner will work with colleagues in MHST/ Access 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 alongside or under close supervision of trained practitioners within the MHST/Access service
• Providing information, advice and direct work with parents and caregivers
• Supporting the delivery of evidence-based interventions
• Support service users to successfully engage in therapeutic parent led interventions
• Supporting service evaluations
• Supporting clinical practitioners in activities which meet the Trust policies and procedures eg. timely record keeping
• Co-ordination of parent support groups

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!