Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

CAMHS Crisis Practitioner Band 5-6 Development Post

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Job summary

Do you want to make a difference in the way in which Children and Young People's Emergency & Urgent Care is experienced in Rotherham, Doncaster & South Humber?

Would you like to take up a rare opportunity to join a team who are committed to developing your knowledge and clinical practice in a supportive environment in order to progress on to become a competent Band 6 Crisis Practitioner.

We are currently recruiting enthusiastic and motivated clinicians to RDash's CYP Crisis Team. These dynamic team members will form part of our skilled, multidisciplinary team, and will play a key role in the implementation and delivery of the service. Successful applicants will be part of the established CYP Crisis Teamand be supported by knowledgeable and skilled Band 6 Practitioners and Band 7 Clinical Leads. You will develop your skills and practice, with the support of the Crisis Team.

Main duties of the job

Clinical knowledge and relevant awareness of assessing and managing risk within a mental health or social care setting is desirable, however continuing support and development opportunities will be provided. Professional registration with HCPC, Social Work England or the NMC is required.

Key components of the role that you will assist with comprehensive mental health risk assessment, planning crisis interventions, providing follow ups as required and appropriately safeguarding young people. You will work under close supervision to collaboratively promote safety and support young people and their family/carers through face-to-face work.The post also involves liaison with other services and external agencies to ensure effective pathways of care.

This is a unique and extremely rewarding but challenging role. You will be working as part of a team, and you will need a high level of emotional resilience to support young people and families at times of distress. In the future you may also be required to work alone at times and need to prioritise work to be flexible to meet the needs of the service. Due to the geographical area covered it is also essential that you have the ability to travel in order to attend assessments, these may be across the whole RDaSH footprint of Rotherham, Doncaster and Scunthorpe. Team members will be required to work a variety of shift patterns to meet the requirements of the service.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Details

Date posted

05 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

376-DCCG-0429

Job locations

Flying Scotsman Health Centre

Saint Sepulche Gate

Doncaster

DN1 3AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist qualification or Social Work with current registration
  • Current professional registration
  • Experience and training relevant to the management and assessment of risk

Desirable

  • Specialist Qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy Degree or equivalent
  • A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Clinical Supervision
  • Supervision training
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of delivering assessment, care and treatment within mental health services
  • Demonstratable experience in supporting patients presenting in mental health crisis and working autonomously
  • Experience of completing clinical risk assessments and offering support and management of presenting risks.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a crisis service
  • Working with service users and carers in service improvement

Knowledge

Essential

  • High level of problem solving and planning skills
  • Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
  • Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help
  • Understanding of confidentiality and risk management
  • Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles
  • Have a good understanding of child protection/safeguarding policies, recording and reporting any concerns to the appropriate agency including participate in case conferences as required

Skills

Essential

  • Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role mode
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team
  • Providing clinical supervision
  • IT literate - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Interne
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist qualification or Social Work with current registration
  • Current professional registration
  • Experience and training relevant to the management and assessment of risk

Desirable

  • Specialist Qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy Degree or equivalent
  • A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Clinical Supervision
  • Supervision training
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of delivering assessment, care and treatment within mental health services
  • Demonstratable experience in supporting patients presenting in mental health crisis and working autonomously
  • Experience of completing clinical risk assessments and offering support and management of presenting risks.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a crisis service
  • Working with service users and carers in service improvement

Knowledge

Essential

  • High level of problem solving and planning skills
  • Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
  • Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help
  • Understanding of confidentiality and risk management
  • Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles
  • Have a good understanding of child protection/safeguarding policies, recording and reporting any concerns to the appropriate agency including participate in case conferences as required

Skills

Essential

  • Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role mode
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team
  • Providing clinical supervision
  • IT literate - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Interne

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).

Additional information

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

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Address

Flying Scotsman Health Centre

Saint Sepulche Gate

Doncaster

DN1 3AP


Employer's website

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Address

Flying Scotsman Health Centre

Saint Sepulche Gate

Doncaster

DN1 3AP


Employer's website

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead

Karen Smithers

k.smithers@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

05 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

376-DCCG-0429

Job locations

Flying Scotsman Health Centre

Saint Sepulche Gate

Doncaster

DN1 3AP


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