CYPMH Assistant Practitioner Waiting Well Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Supporting Young People and Families During Their Wait for Care

We are recruiting an Assistant Practitioner for our Children’s ADHD and Autism team (AAT) to provide waiting well support.

Are you passionate about supporting children, young people and families, particularly during the often difficult period before treatment begins?

You’ll play a crucial part in managing the AAT waiting list and engaging with families. This role is ideal for someone who values psychological safety, has a proactive mindset, and understands the impact of timely, compassionate communication.

We are looking for these qualities:

  • Experience in a health, care or youth service setting
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Awareness of safeguarding, trauma-informed practice and community support systems
  • Confidence in managing sensitive conversations and acting as a liaison between families and services
  • Commitment to equity, engagement and improving service accessibility

Why This Role Matters

You’ll help ensure families feel recognised, guided and reassured during what can be a vulnerable time. Your work will directly reduce uncertainty, support wellbeing and contribute to a more responsive system for young people.

Main duties of the job

Wait List Coordination:

Support the coordination of waiting lists, act as a first point of contact for families and clinical teams.

Check-ins and Support While Waiting:

To help support the importance of proactive engagement with families on waiting lists. This can include regular check-ins, signposting to resources or third sector organisations, and providing psychoeducation or self-help materials to prevent deterioration while waiting.

Signposting and Navigation:

After consultation with the family and support from local clinical team to give support with regards signposting families to appropriate interim support-such as online resources, workshops, or community-based interventions-while they await assessment or treatment.

Data and Performance Monitoring:

To support robust data collection and performance monitoring, enabling better allocation of resources and identification of bottlenecks in the system

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

  • Knowledge of child-related legislation
  • Ability to write, implement and evaluate Treatment plans.
  • Knowledge of Child Protection workings and practice

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of specialist therapeutic approaches, e.g. cognitive behaviour therapy. Knowledge of mental health issues

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with adolescents
  • Experience of working in a team setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working within settings relevant to adolescents with additional needs including mental health needs.
  • Experience of working with healthcare professionals / previous experience in the NHS.
  • Experience of working in a busy and demanding environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 17 June 2026

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