Mental Health Practitioner - CYP CAMHS Crisis

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; England; Presencial; GBP 29.000 - 36.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner for the CYP CAMHS Crisis service. You will provide specialist assessment, develop care plans, and support rapid home-based intervention for children and young people in crisis.

Join a multidisciplinary team, work across a 24-hour rota, and help keep young people safely at home while avoiding admission whenever possible. Relevant nursing or allied health registration is required, with experience in youth mental

Formación

• Registered mental health Nurse or Allied Health Professional on NMC/HCPC register.
• Post-registration training at diploma/degree level.
• Experience with children and young people with mental health needs.

Responsabilidades

• Provide specialist assessment and care planning with service users and carers.
• Contribute to home treatment through nursing care in the community.
• Support staying at home when safe, avoiding hospital admission where possible.
• Contribute to clinical service development within 0-25 Emotional Health and Wellbeing.
• Triage referrals and coordinate responses with the team.

Conocimientos

Experience with children & youngpeople

Community-based mental health work

Risk assessment skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication & safeguarding

Educación

NMC/HCPC registered

BSc nursing or equivalent

Post-registration experience

Supervision qualification/experience

Descripción del empleo

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner - CYP CAMHS Crisis

The closing date is 20 October 2026

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis?

Join our innovative Crisis and Home Treatment Service, delivering rapid, evidence-based support to help young people remain safely at home and avoid hospital admission wherever possible. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist assessment, intervention, and care planning for children and young people with urgent and high-risk mental health needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking service that values creativity, collaboration, and innovation. Guided by the THRIVE Framework and local transformation priorities, you will help shape and deliver effective interventions that make a real difference to young people and their families.

We welcome applications from registered Nurses, Social Workers, or Allied Health Professionals with relevant mental health experience. Band 5 practitioners looking to develop their careers are encouraged to apply through our supported development programme.

37.5 hours per week, working across a 24-hour rota.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers, evaluation of individual treatment plans and discharge planning.
• Contribution to the delivery of home treatment through nursing care to an identified community client group and within a multi-disciplinary team.
• To provide an active involvement in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of service user care which focuses on ensuring that service users are supported to remain in their own homes wherever hospitalisation can be safely and appropriately avoided.
• To contribute to the clinical service development as part of the 0-25 Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service.
• Triage and assess referrals received by service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Formulate and action appropriate response based on need, risk and urgency.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Job responsibilities

We encourage you to view the attached job and person specifications before applying for this exciting and rewarding position.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

Qualifications and Training

• Registered mental health Nurse or Allied Health Professional on NMC or HCPC Register
• Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level
• Conforms to NMC/HCPC requirements
• BSc degree in nursing/relevant professional degree or equivalent level
• Qualification in providing supervision
• Training or relevant experience in managing suicide risk and risk management
• Training or a sound awareness of common physical health conditions and their relationship with mental illness and wellbeing
• Registered Sign off mentor for nurse students (nurses only)

Experience

• Experience with working with children & young people experiencing mental health related difficulties
• Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
• Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously
• Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting
• Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary /multi agency teams
• Experience of leading/contributing to CPA/Care Planning process
• Experience of dealing with mental health related issues/referrals/need for advice by telephone including at times of high demand and in relation to highly stressful/emotive situations
• Experience and ability to carry out clinical audit
• Experience of presenting at local/national level

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust