Senior CRISS Practitioner

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking dedicated practitioners to join their dynamic Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by providing crisis assessments and home-based treatment to adults in need. As a Band 6 practitioner, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care and support while promoting service user involvement. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this position is ideal for those passionate about mental health and eager to contribute to a diverse and inclusive team. If you are driven by empathy and integrity, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Coaching and support

Career development opportunities

Exclusive discounts and payment schemes

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience with adults facing acute mental health issues.
• Experience in formulating crisis and care plans.

Responsibilities

• Conduct crisis assessments and implement home-based treatment interventions.
• Provide leadership and supervision to junior staff within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Assessment and problem-solving skills

Crisis assessment and treatment

Consultation and negotiation

Driving and access to a car

Ability to work 24/7 shift pattern

Education

Mental Health Nurse

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Job description

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Site: Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service Town Leeds
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/02/2025 23:59

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Job overview

The Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service (CRISS) is a dynamic and flexible service which offers 24/7 crisis assessments and home-based treatment for working age adults across the city. The service is currently under a period of development to bring together both sides of the service in localities across the city and in line with Core Fidelity standards. We’re looking for skilled senior practitioners who can help shape the service going forward.

We’re looking to recruit permanent Band 6 qualified practitioners to join our CRISS service.

The successful Occupational Therapists/Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker will work across the service undertaking crisis assessments and home-based treatment.

As a band 6 practitioner you will operate within a community setting and will be required to work within a MDT led team which aims to reduce admissions to hospital and facilitate early discharge through home based treatment. The role involves undertaking crisis assessments and implementing home-based treatment interventions. You will also work closely with inpatient and community services, providing an excellent alternative to inpatient admission and supporting in transitions points for services users to community services.

Main duties of the job

1. To work closely with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) in overseeing efficiency and effectiveness of treatment given and support the CTM in carrying out his/her duties.
2. To present as a positive and professional role model to all staff within the team, striving to maintain a philosophy of service user involvement in continuously improving the service.
3. Band 6 practitioners also provide leadership, management, and supervision/appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi-disciplinary team) and often lead/coordinate/supervise teams of staff in the delivery and evaluation of care.
4. In some roles specialist skills and knowledge may be required. Band 6 practitioners will often have designated areas of practice to lead within the team.
5. Band 6 practitioners will be required to regularly take charge of a team and to delegate and supervise the work of other staff.
6. Practitioners are expected to consistently demonstrate the ‘Six C’s’ – namely care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.
7. Practitioners will be expected to work shifts over 24/7 pattern.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail] if you need a form, leaflet or other information in any of the following formats: Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.

This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to develop and provide leadership to the wider team whilst working clinically. You will actively participate and provide management and clinical supervision to other members of the team. You will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role.

It is essential that applicants hold a full driver’s license and have access to vehicle for work purposes and are able to undertake night shifts.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist

Experience

• Post Registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems.
• Can demonstrate experience of formulating crisis plans/care plans for people in an acute mental health crisis.

Skills

• Assessment and problems solving skills particularly in the area of crisis assessment and treatment.
• Ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers/family members, other professionals and the wider community.
• Is able to drive and has access to a car.
• Can undertake 24/7 shift pattern.

Applications

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.