Home Treatment Team Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified practitioner to join the Children's and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) Tier 4 home treatment team in Hertfordshire. The team provides intensive support to 13-18 year olds in their homes, offering an alternative to inpatient admission. The role involves preventing avoidable admissions and supporting discharges from inpatient units, ensuring young people receive care in the least restrictive environment. The successful candidate will be a registered professional with experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Key responsibilities
- Participate in the assessment of clients and undertake the development and implementation of treatment plans.
- Continually review and assess clients' needs and seek supervision and guidance as appropriate.
- Provide information, education, and support to family members, carers, and other professionals.
- Maintain and develop expertise in the acute care of people with a serious mental health problem, including managing those at risk of suicide.
- Provide profession-specific interventions relevant to the needs of service users.
- Work closely with other team members to ensure high-standard care delivery.
Essential criteria
- Qualification and full professional registration in Mental Health Nursing or Social Work
- Diploma or Degree with extensive post qualification experience.
- ENB 998 or equivalent course
- Evidence of Further Continuous Professional Development
- Experience of working with Young people and their families or mental health patients in the acute/crisis setting
- Experience of working with young people with acute and enduring mental health illness with complex needs
- Experience of working with young people with challenging behaviour, high risk, self-harm and substance abuse issues.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- o Evidence of professional and clinical knowledge acquired through specialist short courses, mandatory training, and self study.
- Able to communicate complicated highly sensitive, confidential information in difficult situations.
- Ability to communicate in a highly emotive atmosphere.
- Ability to communicate in a hostile and antagonistic atmosphere.
- Ability to describe, explain, persuade, influence, negotiate, motivate, use tact/diplomacy, and use empathy in providing care for young people and their families.
- Ability to assess young people and their family and make judgements on their suitability taking into account the risks and whether they are suitable for home treatment or hospital admission or community services.
- Ability to make judgements in a crisis where an expert opinion may need to be sought such as consultation with the consultant.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Home Treatment Team Practitioner
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified practitioner to work at the forefront of innovation in Children's and Young Peoples Mental Health and to play an instrumental role in Hertfordshire.
The team is a CYPMHS Tier 4 home treatment team (HTT) which offers an alternative to an in-patient admission. The service works with 13-18 year olds and is a multidisciplinary team who provide intensive support within the young persons home.
The successful candidate will be a registered professional with experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at band 6 or equivalent.
The post-holder will be a member of the Home Treatment Team outpatient service within CAMHS. This is part of an exciting expansion of CAMHS specialist services within HPFT. The introduction of the Home Treatment Team will build on the existing CAMHS Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (C-CATT) model and high risk pathway, to prevent avoidable admissions and support discharges from inpatient units, so that young people are in the least restrictive Tier 4 service for their need.
The successful candidate will also have the following skills and experience:o Excellent communication skillso A good knowledge of the Children Act and Mental Health Acto Good organisatio
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