Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 411-COM-25-7306566
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Crisis Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
Senior Mental Health Practitioners - Crisis Care
Band 7 - Full time / Part time posts available
Mental Health Services at Alder Hey are offering excellent benefit schemes:
Refer a friend – Alder Hey: Successful candidates who are introduced to the trust by existing staff members will receive £1000 after completion of six months in post. Please include the name/Alder Hey email for your friend in the additional information section of your application. This will be paid in two parts, £250 in first month pay on commencement in post, and £750 on completion of six months.
Accommodation: Alder Hey will support the cost of accommodation for up to 3 months from the date of employment (up to £500 per month). The cost is to be paid by the staff member and reclaimed as expenses.
Relocation package: Relocation packages to support new hires and will be consulted on an individual basis, please link in with [email protected] for further information.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arose to work in the crisis team at Alder Hey hospital. This role will see the successful candidate work as as part of a dynamic and fast paced service providing support to those children/young people and families that are often the most vulnerable in our society. We have a dedicated 24/7 crisis telephone line that children, young people, parents, carers and professionals can ring for support and advice on any mental health difficulties, callers will speak directly to a member of the CAMHS Crisis team who will support them with the crisis. We offer a number of same day or next day emergency appointments for those young people whose mental health needs to be assessed quickly but do not need to attend the Emergency Department for a medical review. If a young person attends the Emergency Department (ED) in mental health crisis at either Alder Hey or Ormskirk hospital a member of the Crisis Team will be contacted for advice on how they can be supported, this may include a referral to the community CAMHS team, an assessment by our team in ED or an admission to hospital.
The main base for this post will be at Alder Hey, but appointments from community bases will also be required. In addition to undertaking comprehensive assessments and formulation of the presenting problem for children, young people and their families, the post holder will also liaise with a range of professionals to ensure the best outcomes.
Working for our organisation
About the team: The team consists of;
- Psychologists
- Nurses
- Psychiatrists
- Therapists
- Mental Health Practitioners
- Social Workers
- Key workers
- Assistant Psychologists
- Admin Support
Our goal is to support young people in mental health crisis in a timely way, this means we want to speak to them or see them as soon as possible to prevent them feeling worse and needing to be admitted to hospital.
We do this by supporting their parents/carers/professionals or working directly with them, most of the time young people only need to go into hospital if they need medical treatment or specialised care.
We may see young people only once or we may see them multiple times depending on their level of need, the Intensive Support and Home Treatment team can see young people in their own homes, multiple times over a period of many weeks. Our aim is to support them to improve their mental health and stay safely in their own homes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, please take a look at the job description and person specification attachments.
Person specification
Q, E & T
Essential criteria
- Qualified in core profession -or - recognised degree level H&SC qual with completed KSA
- Post qualification study in chosen mental health field
- Experience of specialist MH assessment in CYP and their families
- working collaboratively in MDT
- working collaboratively with other agencies
- Experienced in risk assessment
- able to analyse presenting problems and ability to work autonomously using a range of therapeutic intervetnions
- able to provide case management supervision
- Training in a therapeutic modality to an accreditable level with registration (where registration is applicable)
K & Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of relevant, current legislation.
- Awareness of recent government initiatives
- knowledge of evidence base
- understanding of child development and psychosocial influences
- strong org skills
- skilled in the use of complex methods of MH assessment, intervention and management
- well developed comm skills
- able to provide consultation
- able to autonomously manage workload
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Enthusiasm for and appreciation of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
- Must demonstrate a professional manner
- Excellent communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Paula Smith
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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