Band 6 Crisis Practitioner - SOLAR
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing nursing and therapeutic interventions within the Solar Crisis and Home Treatment Team. The post holder will assess and coordinate care needs for children, young people, and their families, managing a defined caseload. Key responsibilities include risk assessment, care planning, and working with partner agencies to ensure appropriate care pathways. The aim is to reduce avoidable presentations to A&E departments.
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification
- Minimum of 2 years experience
- Mental Health experience
Desirable criteria
- CAMHS experience
- Community Experience
- Learning Disability and Autism experience
- Crisis and Home treatment experience
- CAMHS Experience
- Professional Qualification
- Minimum of 2 years experience
- Mental Health experience
- CAMHS experience
- Community Experience
- Learning Disability and Autism experience
- Crisis and Home treatment experience
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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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Crisis Practitioner - SOLAR
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
To provide nursing and therapeutic interventions, involved in the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence based care to children, young people and their families accessing the Solar Crisis and Home Treatment Team
The post holder will provide high quality assessment for patients referred into Solar, providing a role in risk assessment and management, formulation of need, information gathering, and offering advice and guidance to children and young people directly and those who support them (parents/carers, family and professional support networks e.g school nurses, teachers, social workers)
The post holder will manage a defined caseload
The post holder will work with partner agencies (statutory and third sector) to manage the care of children and young people in Solihull
The post holder will ensure the most relevant care pathway and care plan is devised and where needed provide seamless transition into other Solar teams and practitioners
The post holder will contribute to a reduction in avoidable presentations to A&E departments
Main duties of the job
To work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment, care planning and
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