Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool

An exciting opportunity to join the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service in Knowsley as part of a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, therapists and support workers.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of specialist and generic work, providing assessments, formulation and therapeutic interventions for children and young people.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop care plans in line with the THRIVE framework.
• Coordinate care, ensuring effective assessment, planning and risk management processes are maintained.
• Screen referrals to the service and make decisions about suitability.
• Deliver treatment and discharge clients independently within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures.
• Organise and chair multi‑agency meetings, involving children, families, referring agents and other professionals.
• Provide supervision and caseload management to new EMHPs where required.
• Lead engagement and participation events and support the whole‑school approach offer.
• Use routine outcome measures clinically and contribute to the trust’s service‑user participation agenda.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Excellent communication skills to interact with internal and external professionals, young people and families.
• Clinical competence and experience in child and adolescent mental health, including risk assessment and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience delivering therapeutic interventions and working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of the THRIVE framework and local safeguarding policies.
• Capacity to manage a caseload independently and exercise professional autonomy.

Benefits:

• Permanent contract – 37.5‑hour or 30‑hour post.
• Flexible working options considered.
• Opportunity to work within the THRIVE offer and contribute to high quality services.

Closing date: 20 June 2026.