CAMHS Crisis Practitioner Band 5-6 Development Post
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Doncaster, DN1 3AP |
| Company: | Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7452428/376-DCCG-0429 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust.
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 Team and 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.
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.
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
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
This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025
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 Team and 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.
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.
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
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
This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025
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