CAMHS Crisis Practitioner

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster is recruiting a Band 6 clinician to join the CYP Crisis Team.

The post involves 24/7 crisis assessment, risk management, and timely follow-ups with families. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, with CPD and supervision provided, and may travel to assessments as needed.

Qualifications

• Theoretical and practical knowledge in child and adolescent mental health.
• Ability to make decisions on ongoing patient care based on risk factors.
• Strong problem solving and planning skills.
• Effective communication with disciplines and agencies to optimise care.
• Understanding of confidentiality and risk management.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audits and CPD.
• Understand safeguarding policies and reporting concerns.
• Awareness of NHS/social care policy and public relations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive mental health risk assessments and crisis planning.
• Provide 7-day follow ups and safeguarding for young people.
• Collaborate with services and agencies for effective care pathways.
• Work face-to-face, via Crisis Line or technology as appropriate.
• Travel to assessments and support flexible service delivery.

Skills

Risk assessment

Crisis care

Multi-disciplinary

Communication

Education

Professional registration (HCPC/SWE/NMC)

Job description

Main area Children's Care Group Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Shift patterns 24/7 over 365 days 7 days per week) Job ref 376-DCCG-0514

Employer Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site CAMHS Town Doncaster Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 12/11/2026

Band 6

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to transform the way in which Children and Young People’s Emergency & Urgent Care is experienced by CYP and those who care for them across Rotherham, Doncaster & South Humber. As part of the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24, RDaSH has undertaken the development of a crisis response services for CYP.

We are currently recruiting a number of enthusiastic and motivated clinicians to RDash's newly formed CYP Crisis Team. These dynamic team members will form part of our skilled, multidisciplinary team, and will play a key role in the implementation and delivery of the service. Clinicians will be offered the opportunity to develop skills and experience in this area through the induction process, internal training, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and supervision.

Main duties of the job

The service operates 24/7 to provide crisis mental health assessment and interventions in a range of settings.

Clinical knowledge and relevant experience of assessing and managing risk within a mental health or social care setting is essential. Continuing support and development opportunities will be provided. Professional registration with HCPC, Social Work England or the NMC is required.

Key components of the role include comprehensive mental health risk assessment, planning crisis interventions, providing 7 day follow ups and appropriately safeguarding young people. You will work collaboratively to promote safety and support young people and their family/carers through face-to-face work, via the Crisis Line and by utilising technology. The post also involves liaison with other services and external agencies to ensure effective pathways of care.

This is an extremely rewarding but challenging role. You will be working as part of a team and you will need a high level of emotional resilience to support young people and families at times of distress. You may also be required to work alone at times and need to prioritise work to be flexible to meet the needs of the service. It is also essential that you have the ability to travel in order to attend assessments.

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person specification

Knowledge

• Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field.
• Highly competent in making a decision regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors.
• High level of problem solving and planning skills.
• Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management.
• Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help.
• Understanding of confidentiality and risk management
• Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles.
• Have a good understanding of child protection/safeguarding policies, recording and reporting any concerns to the appropriate agency including participate in case conferences as required.
• Wider NHS and social care policy
• Importance of public relations.
• Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies.
• Understanding of assessment of children suspected of having ADHD/ ASD

Experience

• Experience of delivering assessment, care and treatment within mental health services
• Demonstratable experience in supporting patients presenting in mental health crisis and working autonomously
• Experience of completing clinical risk assessments and offering support and management of presenting risks.
• Experience of working within a crisis service
• Working with service users and carers in service improvement

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with current registration post first assessed year of practice
• Current professional registration
• experience and training relevant to the management and assessment of risk
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Specialist Qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy Degree or equivalent
• A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Clinical Supervision
• Supervision training

Skills

• Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model.
• Ability to motivate others, good planning and organisational skills.
• Good Assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options.
• Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team.
• Good clinical reasoning skills Ability to work autonomously.
• Flexible approach to problem solving Multi agency team work.
• Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
• Effective communication skills both orally and in written form Providing clinical supervision.
• Time management.
• IT literate – use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet.
• Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure
• Ability to give presentations

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.