CAMHS Crisis Practitioner

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Nuneaton is seeking a CAMHS Crisis Practitioner to work with the Band 7 RISE Crisis team. This role involves assessing mental health needs of children and young people and providing interventions in acute care settings. The ideal candidate will have a relevant professional qualification and significant experience in mental health, particularly with children and adolescents. The position includes responsibilities such as care planning, professional development of junior staff, and collaboration with other services to ensure comprehensive care.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts through Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Current Registration with relevant professional body.
• Significant experience working with children and adolescents.
• Substantial experience in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Assess urgent mental health needs of children and young people.
• Coordinate and monitor delivery of care plans.
• Provide training and competency assessments for junior staff.

Skills

Problem solving skills

Understanding of safety issues

Understanding of policies and procedures

Education

Relevant Professional qualification

Job description

CAMHS Crisis Practitioner

The closing date is 17 December 2025

You will be working closely with the Band 7 RISE Crisis team Leads to develop this service whilst providing comprehensive assessments and intervention primarily within the acute care settings. You will provide mental health care to children, young people and their families in line with local and national guidelines. To provide regular and on‑going consultation, joint work, training and advice to other agency staff in relation to child and adolescent mental health specifically self‑harm related issues to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

• To assess the urgent mental health need of children and young people referred to RISE and the acute paediatric wards.
• To identify areas of need for children and their families and to assist their being able to access appropriate services.
• To act always in such a way as to promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of patients and clients in accordance with National Occupation Standard
• To plan, support, implement and manage programmes for children and their families in conjunction with other RISE professionals and /or other agencies.
• To identify areas of need for children and their families and to assist their being able to access appropriate services.
• To advise agencies on the most appropriate service for the child, dependent on need.
• To work in collaboration with adult mental health services for the care of young people whose mental health needs are likely to continue into adulthood.
• To undertake home visits and attend case conference reviews as appropriate.
• To take responsibility for own continuing professional development in order to meet statutory requirements and to utilise relevant research and evidence‑based practice.
• To develop and utilise specialist knowledge about working with children and their families.
• To hold a caseload independently and as part of the multi‑disciplinary team, working with children with complex needs, such as challenging behaviour, mental health issues, complex social situations.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put “people at our heart”; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

• Decide upon interventions from a holistic assessment of the child’s needs.
• Ensure care plans have clear measurable goals which have taken into account the views of the child and carers.
• Coordinate the delivery of care, feeding in relevant information to support wider service planning.
• Monitor the implementation of care plans and make changes to better meet the needs of children with complex health and wellbeing needs.
• Provide training and competency assessments for junior staff and students on placement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant Professional qualification, e.g., social worker, nurse, occupational therapist, speech & language therapist, psychotherapist, psychologist, counsellor.
• Current Registration with relevant professional body. Significant experience working with children and adolescents

Knowledge and skills

• Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of safety issues

Experience

• Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
• Substantial experience in mental health

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust