Mental Health Practitioner - CYP CAMHS Crisis
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This advert explicitly states that sponsorship is not offered.
The source advert contains explicit wording ruling out sponsorship for this specific role. Consider other live roles at the same band from sponsorship-friendly trusts.
“This role isnot eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves providing specialist assessment, care planning, and home treatment for children and young people experiencing mental health crises. The practitioner will work within a multi-disciplinary team to prevent hospitalisation and deliver evidence-based interventions. The position requires covering a 24-hour rota on a shift basis and contributing to clinical service development.
Key responsibilities
- Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers, evaluation of individual treatment plans and discharge planning.
- Contribution to the delivery of home treatment through nursing care to an identified community client group and within a multi-disciplinary team.
- To provide an active involvement in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of service user care which focuses on ensuring that service users are supported to remain in their own homes wherever hospitalisation can be safely and appropriately avoided.
- To contribute to the clinical service development as part of the 0-25 Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service.
- Triage and assess referrals received by service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Formulate and action appropriate response based on need, risk and urgency.
Essential criteria
- Registered mental health Nurse or Allied Health Professional on NMC or HCPC Register
- Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level
- Conforms to NMC/HCPC requirements
- Experience with working with children & young people experiencing mental health related difficulties
- Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
- Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously
- Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting
- Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary /multi agency teams
- Experience of leading/contributing to CPA/Care Planning process
- Experience of dealing with mental health related issues/referrals/need for advice by telephone including at times of high demand and in relation to highly stressful/emotive situations
- Experience and ability to carry out clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- BSc degree in nursing/relevant professional degree or equivalent level
- Qualification in providing supervision
- Training or relevant experience in managing suicide risk and risk management
- Training or a sound awareness of common physical health conditions and their relationship with mental illness and wellbeing
- Registered Sign off mentor for nurse students (nurses only)
- Experience of presenting at local/national level
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 9d ago · Closes in 4d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
This team will provide an active involvement in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of service user care which focuses on ensuring that the service users are supported to remain in their own homes wherever hospitalisation can be safely and appropriately avoided. Our service will deliver home treatment 24/7 to an identified group of children and young people in Crisis by responding quickly to those referred with urgent and high-risk mental health needs, and provide collaborative, effective, evidence based interventions at the right time with the right person.
There will be scope for creativity in this team, to develop evidence based interventions, to think systemically and work collaboratively with children, young people and families, informed by the local Transformation Plan, Future in Mind and the THRIVE framework. It really is time to think differently and creatively about how we can help more children and young people with their emotional wellbeing and mental health. You will be supported by some very lovely people in all parts of our service and the wider partnership
If you are currently working at an AfC Band 5 position, you are encouraged to apply for this role as part of a development programme.
You must be a fully registered Nurse, Social Worker or Allied Health Care Professional with appropriate mental health experience to apply.
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