Specialist CAMHS Crisis Practitioner - Band 7

Job in City of Westminster, Central London, Greater London, England, UK

Listing for: EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-20

Job specializations:

Healthcare
Mental Health, Crisis Counselor, Community Health
Social Work
Mental Health, Crisis Counselor, Community Health

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 28000 - 36000 GBP Yearly GBP 28000.00 36000.00 YEAR

The post holders will deliver high quality assessment and treatment interventions to young people as part of the HTT offer. Each post holder will hold a caseload of children, young people and their families. The post holder will work around individual needs, arranging appointments at home, in community locations or hospitals. They will work collaboratively with other professionals involved in supporting a young person, providing specialist advice, consultation and training to improve biopsychosocial care as needed.,

To effectively triage and accept referrals to the service, liaising with other professionals and providing initial advice as appropriate.
To provide comprehensive mental health and risk assessments of children, young people and their families/carers referred in crisis.
To manage risk by putting in place care plans, safety & coping plans and other risk interventions in a variety of settings, e.g. at home, in the community or in hospital settings
To provide brief evidence-based crisis interventions to children, young people and families referred to the service, that aim to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge from inpatient mental health wards or acute services - including individual and group work
To engage in assertive outreach work with children/young people and their families where appropriate and inreach work where children/ young people are admitted
Based on assessments and reports convey sensitive, complex and sometimes unwelcome information to patients and other professionals about risks, both verbally and in written form, and manage this as constructively as possible.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are:
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.