CAMHS Crisis Care Mental Health Practitioner | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	15 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	14 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	Wythenshawe, M23 9XD
Cwmni:	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7312320/349-MCH-7312320-RL4

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At the heart of Greater Manchester's innovative Crisis Care Pathway, our unified service offers a comprehensive range of support for children and young people facing mental health challenges.Operating seamlessly across multiple pathways—including Rapid Response, Home Treatment, and support for discharges from medical wards—we provide timely, community-based interventions aimed at preventing hospital admissions and facilitating safe, supported discharges.

As a key member of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, compassionate care that makes a tangible difference in the lives of young people and their families.We are committed to fostering a supportive environment where every team member can thrive and contribute to the continuous development of our award-winning services.

We welcome applications from registered nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists eager to make a meaningful impact.Whether you're looking to specialise in children's mental health or seeking a new challenge, we offer tailored training and development opportunities to support your growth within our multidisciplinary team.

Be part of a forward-thinking service that is shaping the future of crisis care for young people.Apply now to join our dedicated team and help us continue to provide exceptional care across Greater Manchester.

You’ll be a core member of our Crisis Care team, delivering rapid, community-based support through Rapid Response, Home Intensive Treatment, and medical discharge pathways—helping prevent hospital admissions, support safe returns home, and empower young people to stay in their own homes.

Key Responsibilities:
• Assessment & Intervention:Conduct psycho-social and risk assessments, create tailored care plans, and deliver creative interventions to support mental well-being.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration:Work closely with CAMHS, acute and specialist hospitals, police, education, and social care to provide coordinated support.
• Crisis Management & De-escalation:Use advanced de-escalation techniques to manage acute distress and reduce risk.
• Community-Based Support:Provide intensive home-based care to prevent A&E visits and inpatient stays, boost family/community integration, and build resilience and life skills in CYP.
• Shared Caseloads:Manage a small caseload within a multidisciplinary team, offering mutual support and ensuring comprehensive care delivery.

Operational Hours:
This role includes evening and weekend shifts (8 am–10 pm, 7 days a week).

If you bring strong assessment, communication, and crisis-intervention skills and want to deliver compassionate, community-centred mental health care, we’d love to hear from you.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


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