Job summary
- Main area
- SET CAMHS crisis team
- Grade
- NHS Afc : Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 395-EC321-25
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stapleford House
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
SET CAMHS Crisis Senior Practitioner Operational (Mid/West)
NHS Afc : Band 7
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
The SET CAMHS Crisis and Therapeutic Home Treatment team offer assessment and interventions to those young people presenting with mental deterioration or crisis presentations. As a service we now work within the Thrive model and implement collaborative care plans with our community services and community SET CAMHS team to promote positive outcomes for vulnerable young people and their families-there are opportunities here for join working and co-ordinating alongside the community based teams. Our approach to working is being developed with a focus on meeting the needs of the young person to ensure effective clinical practice and brief therapeutic interventions, and to reduce risk to have a stabilising impact within a containing approach.
Within the service there are opportunities for development and training in various therapeutic approaches, and all new starters will be provided with a full induction and opportunities to shadow the team and to learn about the various departments/teams within the SET CAMHS model. We also welcome candidates from internal teams who may be interested in career progression and are wishing to enhance their practice and skillset in relation to this client group. Regular clinical supervision and reflective space is offered to members of the team, and the team operates on a shared risk model to ensure that decisions are made collectively with effective formulations of need.
Main duties of the job
In this post you will be regarded as a senior member of the team and will lead in the oversight and management of operational practice within your local area while also inputting into service development across Essex, Southend, and Thurrock. You will work closely alongside other crisis senior practitioners for peer support and will feedback to management regularly via meetings and case discussions regarding clinical practice. This position will involve having oversight of staffing and rota’s within the team, recruitment, inductions and staff development. The role will also support performance management and auditing outcomes of treatments to improve general service delivery. Within this position you will be involved in some direct clinical work and allocations to members of the team.
This post will mainly focus on crisis response and treatment within the context of community intervention and support. We are looking for a qualified and experienced clinician with a strong background and understanding of assessing, managing and working with clinical risk to join our expanding multidisciplinary team, which works to provide intensive community-based support and brief intervention to young people and families in mental health crisis.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
At NELFT, we are committed to building a workforce that reflects and supports the diverse communities we serve. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen local employment and deliver high-quality, person-centered care, we will prioritise applications from individuals living in our local boroughs and surrounding areas
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The office base for this post will be within the Mid and West Essex (Chelmsford Stapleford House) but the service covers Essex wide, making use of agile working. The service provides the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children and young people with mental health difficulties and complex needs, and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. As an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team you will:
- Have enthusiasm and drive to be part of a senior management team responsible for nurturing and developing the service at this exciting time and contribute to the structure and development of the service moving forward.
- Work in conjunction with the senior clinicians and managers to support the delivery of timely and effective evidence-based therapeutic interventions to young people and families who require more intensive therapeutic support and intervention.
- Provide specialist assessments where appropriate, which will be used to inform interventions with children , young people and their families as well as the networks supporting them.
- Be directly involved in delivering and where appropriate formulating a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, and short term brief focused interventions ensuring that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to children, young people and their families.
- Provide consultation and training to support both junior team members and external professionals, including but not limited to Social Care and mainstream CAMHS services regarding children and families within mental health crisis.
- Provide supervision support and education to junior members of the team, including psychology assistants and contribute to multidisciplinary decision making as appropriate.
- Offering a short intervention to help the young person manage the crisis and support with transition to the local community team, signposting, and/or discharge.
The service aims to deliver high quality interventions to young people in crisis, and we are invested in the development and progression of staff within a developing service model. This is an exciting time to join the service as a Senior Practitioner for those who are passionate about working with young people to offer high standards of clinical practice to be at the forefront of crisis care.
Qualification Criteria
This post would be suitable for a post-graduate qualified Mental Health Nurse (NMC) Social worker, or psychological practitioner (e.g. clinical psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) who is fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body such as HCPC with experience working with high risk client groups.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- To be registered with accredited body (NMC, HCPC, Social Work England)
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of a post-graduate training (e.g. arts psychotherapy, clinical psychology, SFT, CBT, DBT, MBT)
Registration
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working within CAMHS services
Desirable criteria
- Evidence in working within crisis services
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex needs.
Desirable criteria
- CAMHS experience/working for a mental health service
Skill
Essential criteria
- leadership experiance
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Abbie O'Sullivan
- Job title
- SET-CAMHS Crisis Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970154629
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