Senior Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the multi-disciplinary Crisis Response Team, providing 24/7 interventions to young people experiencing mental health crises. The role involves delivering high standards of evidence-based, client-centred care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE Framework. The post holder will provide interventions, advice, consultation, and supervision to colleagues and external partner agencies, with the role expected to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
Essential criteria
- Must hold one of the following: Education Mental Health Practitioner Graduate (EMHP) or Post Graduate Qualification
- Children and Young Persons Wellbeing Practitioner (CYWP) Graduate or Post Graduate Qualification
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) Graduate or Post Graduate Qualification
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapies Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma and where applicable hold a professional registration with the relevant accrediting body or be able to evidence ability to undertake this within 12 months of commencing in post. Registration must be maintained throughout employment
- OR Core Professional Qualification in one of the following areas: - Nursing - Social Work - Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
- Senior EMHP Qualification
- Senior CYWP Qualification
- PWP Supervision Qualification
- Experience of managing a case- load of children and young people with a range of moderate mentalhealth needs.
- Working within a children community mental health setting
- Experience of delivering evidence-based psychological therapy e.g. CBT
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experienced in and the ability to undertake case management and the supervision of students as required
- Experience of delivering teaching, training
- Experience in consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Experience of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Knowledge and skills in the complete range of approaches within the field as required to meet the needs of different patients and settings
- Level of knowledge of the mental health needs of children and adolescents
- Have experience in providing risk assessments
- Knowledge of legislation and strategic frameworks and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the full range of client groups
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
- A level knowledge of theory and practice of specialist therapy / interventions
- Level of knowledge and/or training and 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
- Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, clinical sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- 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 highly specialist skills for working in settings outside the clinic
- Ability to take full clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment, both as a care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-disciplinary team
- Interpersonal skills of a high level 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
- Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and lead a multi-agency care plan / risk management plan
- Ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- Ability to identify and employ as appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
- Demonstrate a commitment to respecting and displaying the Trust Values at all times
- A commitment to the continuous improvement of services using feedback from individual clients, families, user surveys and clinical research
- Emotional stamina, and resilience to respond constructively in highly stressful situations
- Ability to organise and co-ordinate areas of work that are complex and demanding
- Information technology and management skills using word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills to multi-disciplinary work
- Must hold one of the following: Education Mental Health Practitioner Graduate (EMHP) or Post Graduate Qualification
- Children and Young Persons Wellbeing Practiti
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Senor Mental Health Nurse to join our multi disciplinary team.
The Crisis Response Team provide interventions to young people at the point of mental health crisis.
The team provide a 24/7 service which allows for flexibility from a 9-5 working pattern as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, 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 post holder will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency.
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.
Main duties of the job
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 and offer meaningful choiceBe
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