Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner

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 and offer meaningful choiceBe optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful changeValue social inclusion

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.