CCETT Senior Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Practitioner to join the CCETTS Team in Boston. The role involves providing crisis and enhanced home treatment for young people with acute mental health difficulties, including self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and psychosis. You will conduct crisis assessments, provide 1:1 therapeutic interventions using DBT and CBT skills, and deliver Emotional First Aid group work and psycho-education to parents and carers. The position requires working a shift pattern covering 7 days a week, from 08:45-19:00hrs.
Essential criteria
- Post graduate professional with current registration
- Mentorship Module (degree level)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Leadership training Training in Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or Family systemic practices
- Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs.
- Experience of working with individuals in crisis
- Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
- Experience of managing and developing staff including supervision
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Skills and Competences
- Expert knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach and Risk Assessment
- Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children's Services and mental health
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development, risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis.
- Experience of using evidence based practice
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues anxieties
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Highly developed communication skills
- Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate.
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes
- Well-developed IT skills
- Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently.
- Special Requirements
- Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner
- Post graduate professional with current registration
- Mentorship Module (degree level)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
- Leadership training Training in Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or Family systemic practices
- Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs.
- Experience of working with individuals in crisis
- Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
- Experience of managing and developing staff including supervision
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Skills and Competences
- Expert knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach and Risk Assessment
- Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children's Services and mental health
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development, risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis.
- Experience of using evidence based practice
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues anxieties
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Highly developed communication skills
- Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate.
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes
- Well-developed IT skills
- Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently.
- Special Requirements
- Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner
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.
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
CCETT Senior Practitioner
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Practitioner, to join our award winning ongoing developing CCETTS Team based in Boston.
Based at the Galaxy Suite, our service covers areas across the south of Lincolnshire so having a means to travel is essential.
We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to join our award-winning team. You will be providing crisis and enhanced home treatment for young people struggling with acute deteriorating mental health difficulties, including self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders/ disordered eating and psychosis. Our team looks at providing an alternative to a tier 4 admission and supporting those being discharged from an acute inpatient admission following an episode of care.
The role will include providing Crisis Assessments, 1:1 therapeutic intervention; utilising DBT and CBT skills, providing Emotional First Aid group work, and psycho- education with parents and Carers.
You will work closely with our CAMHs Mental Health Liaison service.
You will be expected to work a shift pattern on a Rota basis covering 7 days per week: 08:45-19:00hrs.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of community clinical care, ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatm
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