Band 6 CAMHS Crisis Team Mental Health Practitioner

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 CAMHS Crisis Team Mental Health Practitioner to support young individuals experiencing mental health crises. The ideal candidate will conduct assessments, deliver care under home treatments, and enhance treatment outcomes through collaboration and support. This role demands flexibility with working hours and a commitment to improving young people's mental health across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

Benefits

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Lease Car Scheme/Salary Sacrifice

Occupational Health Services

Vivup salary sacrifice scheme for household goods

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people in crisis.
• Ability to assess and implement treatment plans.
• Own transport required as public transport is unsuitable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessments and deliver care.
• Lead professional for home treatments.
• Evaluate and develop care packages with a multi-agency approach.

Skills

Assessment and clinical formulation

Crisis intervention

Multi-agency collaboration

Resilience and recovery enhancement

Education

Degree in Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy

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Posted:

22.06.2025

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06.08.2025

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Job Overview

'The CRHT is a very close and supportive team and at all levels friendly and welcoming.'- CAMHS Crisis Team Practitioner

The CAMHS Crisis Team work across three sites, the Urgent Care Hub at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Children's ED at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Valentine Centre in Beaumont Leys.

We offer support to young people and their families/carers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

The CAMHS Crisis Team are seeking to recruit experienced practitioners from a variety of disciplines including nursing, social work, and occupational therapy.

We support our patients on a 24/7 basis, so you will be required to work day and night shifts on a rotational basis including weekends and bank holidays. There are opportunities for staff to work on a flexible basis in accordance with LPT policies.

Benefits of working for Leicestershire Partnership Trust include:

• annual leave- 27-33 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays- (dependent on service).
• Lease Car Scheme/Salary Sacrifice
• Occupational Health Services
• Vivup salary sacrifice scheme for household goods

We support our team to develop their skills and knowledge on a continual basis, with opportunities to join the national CYPIAPT programme. Recent feedback identified that staff were 'Encouraged to undertake self-development and learning with a view to furthering my career pathway.'

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To undertake comprehensive assessments, clinical formulation and brief intervention for young people that present in crisis, ensuring you support the young person to be heard, validated, and understood.
• Be responsible for the effective delivery of care of the young person under home treatment taking on the role of lead professional.
• Be able to assess, interpret and implement treatment plans of children and young peoples conditions, developing, implementing, and evaluating specialist packages of care, including the involvement of multi-agency input around the children and young peoples needs.
• Make the right judgments that will improve the treatment outcomes for the child, young person and their families as well as enhance resilience and recovery and reduces risks to themselves or others.

You will need to have your own transport or suitable alternative as dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.