CYP Mental Health Liaison Practitioner
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Boston, PE21 8EG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9274-26-0058 |
Summary
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details. Operational hours are shifts over 24 hours, 7 days per week. Provide rapid response to CYP presenting with urgent and emergency mental health presentations- including mental health and eating disorder/disordered eating presentations. Respond to referrals within one hour, triage/assess within 4 hours- Utilise methods available such as phones, Microsoft teams or face to face depending on the location, presentation of CYP and team resources. To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To maintain positive working relationships between CAMHS CCETT, Adult MH liaison and ULHT hospital teams. Offer training, support and clinical supervision to paediatric colleagues Work with CCETT to complete urgent emergency mental health and risk assessments for CYP presenting at LCH and PHB. Offer a robust triage and assessment service. Build effective relationships within the adult MH liaison team to share skills, good practice and enhance team working Engage with young people to provide mental health and risk assessment, risk management plans, and taking appropriate therapeutic risk for young people following crisis. Provide full assessment and collaborative care planning for implementation by the multi-disciplinary team, in partnership with young people/carers and other workers involved in care delivery