Camhs Crisis Team Mental health practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the CAMHS Crisis Team to provide specialist mental health crisis support to children, young people, and their families across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. You will undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, develop clinical formulations, and provide brief interventions for young people experiencing a crisis. As a Lead Professional, you will coordinate and deliver high-quality, person-centred care, assessing, planning, implementing, and reviewing specialist care plans. This role involves working a rotational shift pattern, including days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays, and requires travel across the service area.
Essential criteria
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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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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Camhs Crisis Team Mental health practitioner
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
The CAMHS Crisis Team provides specialist mental health crisis support to children, young people and their families/carers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The service operates from three sites: the Urgent Care Hub at Bradgate Mental Health Unit, the Children's Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary, and the Valentine Centre in Beaumont Leys.
We are looking for experienced practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds, including nursing, social work and occupational therapy, to join our supportive multidisciplinary team. As a 24/7 service, successful applicants will work a rotational shift pattern including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays, with flexible working opportunities available in line with Trust policies.
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is committed to staff wellbeing, learning and career development. We actively support continuing professional development, including opportunities to undertake CYP IAPT training and other relevant programmes to enhance skills and practice.
Our team is known for its supportive culture, collaborative working and commitment to professional growth. Benefits include 27 to 33 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (depending on service), lease car and sala
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