CAMHS Crisis Clinician - Crisis Hub

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in North Yorkshire seeks a CAMHS Crisis Clinician to provide essential services for children and adolescents experiencing mental health crises. You will deliver psycho-social assessments, work collaboratively with families, and coordinate clinical activities across a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills and experience in mental health services. This role supports a 24/7 service and requires travel across the locality.

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psycho-social assessment of mental health needs.
• Coordinate day-to-day running of a shift in a multidisciplinary team.
• Work collaboratively with young people and their families during crises.

Skills

Leadership

Effective communication

Mental health assessment

Collaboration

Crisis management

Education

Current professional registration

18 months post-qualifying experience

Clinical Supervisor qualification

Job description

CAMHS Crisis Clinician - Crisis Hub

Closing date: 10 December 2025

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is offering a rewarding career in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). This role brings a professionally registered clinician to the North Yorkshire, York and Selby (NYYS) CAMHS Crisis team. The team provides a 24/7 service to young people under the age of 18 and their carers/families across most of North Yorkshire, York and Selby (excluding the Craven area, which is covered by another trust).

The postholder will conduct psycho-social assessments for a young person experiencing a crisis and create a robust safety plan with the child, young person and carers so they can return home safely. They will coordinate the team's clinical activities and manage shared caseload across the locality, requiring fast paced coordination and organisational skills. Autonomy is essential.

Applicants must be able to travel independently across the entire locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. Adjustments may be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

This post is for a band 6 registered professional with a keen interest in working with children and young people to improve their mental health.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct psycho-social assessment of the mental health and emotional needs of a young person.
• Conduct risk assessment and formulate a care plan that includes a robust safety plan.
• Work collaboratively with a young person, their carers and other professionals during high‑distress situations.
• Offer a consistent approach when facing the most clinical challenging situations to deliver safe care to young people and their families/carers.
• Confidently lead the shift and direct junior staff, providing sound clinical decision in crisis situations to reduce and manage potential risk of harm.
• Communicate clearly with young people, families and other professionals to ensure the right level of support at the right time.
• Use experience in mental health services and knowledge of child and adolescent mental health; demonstrate appropriate values and a desire to learn new skills.
• Understand relevant legislation (MHA, MCA, Children’s Act), safeguarding, clinical risk assessment and management and their application in practice.

Nursing candidates must have 18 months post‑qualifying experience including sign‑off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust serving County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care – our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with patients, communities and partners to help people in our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with communities and partners to get mental health care right where it is most needed.

CAMHS has a collection of highly skilled professionals from various backgrounds, making it a unique and interesting place to work.

Job responsibilities

• Work shift patterns that include days and nights over a 7‑day period, including bank holidays pro rata.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and communicate effectively with others.
• Shift patterns cover 24/7 service provision in the NYY locality with bases in York, Scarborough and Ripon; travel across the locality during shifts to meet clinical demand.
• Coordinate the day‑to‑day running of a shift.
• Show good understanding of children's mental health and emotional wellbeing needs.
• Work well with partner agencies to meet the needs children and young people.
• Provide excellence in clinical care, promote a culture of evidence‑based practice, act as shift co‑ordinator on a rota basis and ensure efficient running of the team.
• Recognise potential for or signs of harm, abuse, neglect, poor clinical practice; report all such occurrences and take all reasonable steps to protect the young person.
• Identify and report concerns safeguarding of children at risk of harm.
• Support young people who access support through the national 111 option 2 mental health line; conduct triage and risk assessment callers18 for in‑depth discussion.
• Receive ongoing professional development, staff induction and support to build knowledge and skills.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure you meet the role criteria before applying.

Additional Information / Enquiries

Team Manager Leanne O'Connor: Tel [phone] or email leanne.o'[e-mail]

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Claire Penney: Tel [phone] or email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualification

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• 18 months post‑qualifying experience including sign‑off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Clinical Supervisor.
• 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).
• Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
• Recognised training in facilitation of parenting groups.
• Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.

Experience

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide clinical supervision.
• Working collaboratively with young people and families.
• Supervise or assess students on clinical placements.
• Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting.
• Leadership or management experience.

Knowledge

• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Understanding of safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice.
• Demonstrable knowledge to post‑graduate level of evidence‑based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
• The Trust’s QIS System.

Skills

• Provide leadership and monitor, coordinate and prioritise activities of the team.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/family and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional/care coordinator responsibilities.
• Able to engage children and young people and work effectively in distressing and challenging circumstances.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission of a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous convictions.

Address

NYYS CAMHS Crisis Service, Locality wide – Foss Park Hospital