CAMHS Urgent Care Team Lead: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

Do you want to be part of a forward thinking, well respected, fast moving, multi-disciplinary young person’s Urgent Care Team? Can you deliver compassionate care to those young people that present in mental health crisis?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Practitioner to join our CAMHS Urgent Care Team in North Derbyshire. The Team is a well-established part of the wider CAMHS Service and is a supportive, well organised team with a culture of friendly, multi-disciplinary work based at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

You will have experience of direct work with children and young people who have mental health problems and you will be adept at undertaking mental health assessments and interventions. You will have the necessary knowledge in assessing risk and drawing up robust safety plans.

You will have a core professional qualification eg Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or HCPC registered AHP.

Main duties of the job

The Urgent Care Team provides a rapid response service to children and young people and families who are presenting with acute mental health or emotional disturbance to a degree where the risk they pose indicates that an inpatient admission may be required.

You will offer mental health and risk assessment, formulation and brief intervention with those young people under 18 who are presenting with urgent mental health needs. The team operate between the hours of 08am-11pm over seven days with plans to develop 24 hour on-call cover (NHS Agenda for change pay enhancements apply.)

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• oProfessional qualification in a field relevant to child & adolescent mental health eg Occupational Therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker.
• oRegistration with an appropriate regulatory body

Desirable

• oPost basic training in child & adolescent mental health oGraduate level qualification Evidence of accredited qualification in the training/supervision of trainees/students

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working with children & families including work with child mental health needs.
• Experience of leadership/coordination within a team or willingness to develop skills.
• Experience of contributing to service development, particularly interagency developments.
• Experience of mental health assessments, including risk and the implementation of a wide range of therapeutic interventions in conjunction with other agencies
• Working knowledge of health, social services, education and the voluntary sector
• Ability to manage a caseload autonomously.

Desirable

• oExperience of working in CAMHS at a senior level. oExperience of working in a multi agency community setting offering consultation & liaison. oExperience of working in a culturally diverse community oExperience in working with a broad range of clinical and behavioural presentations oExperience of service evaluation & audit. oExperience of involving users & carers in service developments

skills and knowledge

Essential

• oQualities essential to clinical practice e.g. respect, genuineness and personal integrity
• oCommunication skills to enable a helping relationship
• oWorking knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS and mental health Knowledge of models of consultation and supervision

Desirable

• oLeading research projects undertaken within the service. oClinical leadership skills. Experience in supervision, both as provider & recipient.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• A car driver with a full current driving licence and own transport

Demonstrates our Proud to Care Values

Essential

• Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement

Closing Date: 15 November 2026