CAMHS Crisis Clinician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered clinician to join the Teeswide CAMHS crisis team. The role involves working as an autonomous clinician, carrying out crisis assessments and formulating plans for young people and their carers during times of distress. The crisis team operates 24 hours a day, catering to children and young people up to 18 in the Teesside area, offering rapid assessment of mental health and emotional needs. Candidates must have 18 months post-qualifying experience.
Key responsibilities
- Carry out crisis assessments for young people and their carers.
- Formulate plans for young people and their carers during times of distress.
- Conduct thorough risk assessments and formulate safety plans.
- Offer telephone support, advice, and guidance to children, young people, carers, and other professionals.
- Complete short-term interventions around risk management and monitoring of mental state.
- Work shifts over a 7-day period, including days and night duties.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with appropriate professional body
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale)
- Depending on work area, recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within agreed timescale
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at the point of application)
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Provide clinical supervision
- Working with young people and families
- Quality improvement activities
- Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field
- Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
- Research and development methodology
- Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification
- CAMHS Degree
- Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession
- Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc
- Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups
- Leadership or management experience
- Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting
- Mentoring students on practice placement experience
- The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)
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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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
CAMHS Crisis Clinician
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered clinician to become part of the Teeswide CAMHS crisis team. The post is for a band 6 clinician who has a keen interest in childrens mental health and is able to work in a fast paced but rewarding service. The post is to work as an autonomous clinician carrying out crisis assessments and being able to formulate plans for young people and their carers during times of distress.
The crisis team is a 24 hour service that caters for children and young people up to the age of 18 living in the Teesside area and offers rapid assessment of mental health and emotional needs for children in crisis.
Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying.
This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Main duties of the job
The main duties involve assessment of mental health and emotional needs of children who present in crisi
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