Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting new role for a Children and Young People's Well-Being Practitioner (CYWP) within Knowsley CYPMHS. The post holder will provide high standards of evidence-based, client-centred care to children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties, delivering brief interventions. The role involves collaborative working within clinical teams to shape and deliver holistic services, with opportunities for career development. The successful candidate will embrace the organisation's core values and principles of Recovery and THRIVE.
Essential criteria
- Recognised Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYPWP) qualification
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree standard
- Evidence of further study/ qualification in the field of children and young people's mental health
- Experience of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
- Evidence of competent delivery of low intensity CBT for common mental health disorders in children and young people
- Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, clinical sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Experience of working with a variety of patient groups including a degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of delivering teaching, training
- Experience in consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Able to provide evidence of competently managing own caseload
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of anxiety and depression in children & young people
- Level of knowledge of the mental health needs of children and adolescents
- Thorough understanding of theoretical basis of low intensity CBT
- Able to describe rationale and content of range of low intensity interventions
- Broad knowledge of legal frameworks in relation to children and young people
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
- Level of knowledge and/or training in other psychological therapies
- Knowledge and skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of research design and methodology consistent with practice to at least degree level or equivalent
- Must demonstrate ability to be self reflective and to organise own supervision appropriately
- Ability to work within a culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts including specialist skills for working in settings outside the clinic
- Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment, both as a care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-disciplinary team
- Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in order to convey clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages and to a wide range of lay and professional persons, within and outside of the NHS Able to demonstrate understanding of ways to assess risk to self and others within the context of mental health assessment
- Skills in Information technology and using word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software
- Ability to demonstrate skills in multi-disciplinary work
- Recognised Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYPWP) qualification
- Educated to degree standard
- Evidence of further study/ qualification in the field of children and young people's mental health
- Experience of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
- Evidence of competent delivery of low intensity CBT for common mental health disorders in children and young people
- Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, clinical sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Experience of working with a variety of patient groups including a degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of delivering teaching, training
- Experience in consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Able to provide evidence of competently managing own caseload
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of anxiety and depression in children & young people
- Level of knowledge of the mental health needs of children and adolescents
- Thorough understanding of theoretical basis of low
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
This new position is an exciting innovative post for a Children and Young People's Well-Being Practitioner (CYWP), to work within Knowsley CYPMHS to support children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
As a Children & Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYPWP), the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.
The role requires collaborative working within clinical teams and mental health services to shape, design and deliver an excellent holistic service for our children and young people.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide brief intervention to the CYP of Knowsley CYPMHS.
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE. These principles will recognise the need to:
Promote safe practicesValue the aims of service usersWork in partnership
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