Mental Health Nurse - Cherry Tree Cottage

Hertfordshire Partnership University Nhs Foundation Trust; Watford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust's Cherry Tree Cottage is seeking an RMN with experience of caring for CYP in mental health settings to join a first-of-its-kind short-term service.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team to assess, plan and implement care, support crisis containment, and help move children to settled placements, including weekend and shift patterns as required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with Children & Young People in a health environment.
• Experience working with CYP in a mental crisis environment.
• Additional training via short courses.

Responsibilities

• Mental health assessment, risk assessment, care planning for CYP with complex needs.
• Crisis containment with therapeutically engaging activities.
• Provide guidance to the team on child mental health care.
• Support with running therapeutic groups in the home.

Skills

CYP health experience

CYP mental crisis

Short courses training

Education

RMN

Degree/postgraduate study

NMC membership

Job description

Job summary

Cherry Tree Cottage Specialist Children’s home

Social Care and Health together

We are open to receive applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses with experience working with children and young people in care.

Are you passionate about getting it right for children and young people in care?

Do you want to be part of a unique short-term service to support children in mental health crisis, prevent their admission to hospital or enable timely discharge from hospital and successfully move them on to a settled placement?

Do you want to be part of a Multidisciplinary team with integral Health, Social Care and Psychiatry expertise.

With Innovation at its heart; We are looking to recruit a team who want to be fundamental in the success of this first of its kind service In Hertfordshire.

Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered children’s home operated through an integrated health and social care staffing model (HPFT and HCC Social Services) to care for children looked after. The home provides 3 beds for children with mental health presentations who may be repeat attenders at A&E /S136 suite or at risk of /or have had admission to Tier 4 provision (psychiatric inpatient unit).

Main duties of the job

• To undertake mental health assessment, risk assessment, care plan management and reviews for CYP with complex mental health and co-morbid social care needs.
• To undertake crisis containment work including therapeutically engaging activities for CYP admitted to the home for a limited time.
• To provide advice and consultation to other team members regarding the mental health care of CYP in the home.
• To provide good standards of reparative parenting for children and adolescents which safeguards and promotes their welfare by ensuring that the home meets the requirements of legislation, including the National Quality Standards for residential homes.
• To follow all HPFT and HCC policies and local procedures.
• Ensure that children and adolescents develop socially, educationally and emotionally having regard for through effective assessment, care planning, and liaison with other agencies.
• Understand and support the purpose of the childrens homes and be willing and able to respond appropriately to children with challenging behaviour.
• Following the day-to-day activities of the home including; cooking and cleaning; taking children to school, activities and appointments; following petty cash procedures, administering medication, maintaining the home environment and acting as a good role model. You will be required to work shift patterns covering the needs of the children. This will include long shifts, weekends and bank holidays as well as taking children on holiday within and outside of the UK. Please confirm that you are willing to undertake these duties in your supporting statement.
• To provide a safe and containing environment that will help stabilise the mental health of children experiencing a mental health crisis in order to allow them to return to their original placement and thus enhance placement stability.
• Support with running therapeutic groups within the home for the young people.

Planning & Organisational Skills

• To provide accurate, clear and concise communications in all aspects of delivering the service.
• Integrate into a multi professional health and social care team within the residential unit.
• To oversee care team responsibilities.
• To work with the team leader and manager to ensure clinical governance initiatives and service framework targets are adhered to.
• To initiate and participate in service audits that may be required.
• To promote service user feedback.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience working with Children & Young People in a health environment
• Experience working with CYP in a mental crisis environment
• Additional areas of training through short courses

Desirable

• RMN
• Degree with experience of postgraduate level study or the equivalent experience ENB 998/Mentorship
• Evidence of management or leadership development
• Membership of professional bodies NMC

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Cherry Tree Cottage Children's Residential Home, Weston Way, Baldock, SG7 6ER, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Cherry Tree Cottage Team Leader, Jemma Beedell, [e-mail], 07971992213

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Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 367-CYP-101716

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

• Welcoming.
• Kind.
• Positive.
• Respectful.
• Professional.