Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner – CAMHS CRHTT

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker sponsorship is available for eligible applicants. The Trust states that applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside other applications. Current UK professional registration is required.

Job overview

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner – CAMHS Crisis & Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).

This is a frontline clinical role supporting children and young people experiencing acute mental health crises. The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team providing rapid assessments, safety planning and intensive home-based interventions aimed at helping young people remain safely supported in their own environment and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions.

The initial appointment is for 7 months, with the potential for an extension.

Salary and contract

• Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per year, pro rata
• Band: 6
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 7 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Reference: 436-8307849
• Closing date: 20 October 2026

Location

CAMHS CRHTT, Parkview Clinic
Queensbridge Road
Birmingham
B13 8QE
United Kingdom

What you will do

As a senior clinician within the CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Team, you will provide specialist mental health support to children and young people experiencing acute crises.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carrying out rapid mental health and risk assessments.
• Developing safety and crisis plans.
• Providing intensive home-based interventions.
• Supporting young people in their homes and communities.
• Using de-escalation and brief therapeutic interventions during periods of crisis.
• Contributing to clinical formulation and medication monitoring.
• Supporting safe discharge planning and coordinating care across services.
• Working closely with families, schools, social care, paediatrics and inpatient services.
• Maintaining high-quality clinical documentation.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Providing cross-cover across the CAMHS Urgent Care Pathway when required.

Essential qualifications

Applicants must be a professionally registered practitioner with current registration with one of the following:

• NMC
• Social Work England
• HCPC

Relevant post-qualifying training or an equivalent level of experience is desirable. Additional therapeutic training, such as counselling, family therapy, CBT or substance misuse, would also be beneficial.

Skills and experience

The Trust is looking for candidates with knowledge and experience relevant to CAMHS crisis work, including:

• Common CAMHS crisis presentations such as self-harm, suicidal ideation, behavioural dysregulation and eating disorders.
• Crisis management and de-escalation.
• Rapid and holistic mental health and risk assessments.
• Evidence-based interventions.
• Community-based or home-treatment services.
• Multidisciplinary working.
• Safe discharge planning and care coordination.
• CAMHS or mental health crisis services, ideally involving children and young people.
• Therapeutic interventions.
• Trauma-informed and culturally competent practice.

Knowledge of child and adolescent development, attachment, trauma, neurodiversity and family dynamics would be advantageous.

Skilled Worker sponsorship and UK registration

Skilled Worker sponsorship: Available for eligible applicants.

The employer specifically confirms that applications from candidates who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside other applications.

However, applicants must have current UK professional registration with the relevant professional body.

Candidates applying for UK entry clearance may also need to provide criminal record certificates covering countries where they have lived for the required period.

About the employer

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust employs around 4,000 clinical and support staff and provides mental health services across Birmingham and Solihull, alongside specialised services nationally.

The Trust supports approximately 70,000 people each year and provides opportunities across clinical care, research, innovation and professional training.

Application and selection process

The closing date for applications is 20 October 2026.

Reference number: 436-8307849

Applications should be submitted through NHS Jobs.

Source: NHS Jobs / Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust