Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs.
- Experience
Experience of working with individuals in crisis
- Experience
Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
- Experience
Experience of managing and developing staff including supervision
- Qualifications
Post graduate professional with current registration
- Qualifications
Mentorship Module (degree level)
- Qualifications
Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
- Special Requirements
Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner
- Skills and Competences
Expert knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach and Risk Assessment
- Skills and Competences
Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children’s Services and mental health
- Skills and Competences
Good understanding of child and adolescent development, risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis.
- Skills and Competences
Experience of using evidence based practice
- Skills and Competences
Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues anxieties
- Skills and Competences
Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Skills and Competences
Highly developed communication skills
- Skills and Competences
Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate.
- Skills and Competences
Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes
- Skills and Competences
Well-developed IT skills
- Skills and Competences
Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently.
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with children and young people
- Qualifications
Leadership training Training in Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or Family systemic practices
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Practitioner, to join our award winning ongoing developing CCETTS Team based in Boston.
Based at the Galaxy Suite, our service covers areas across the south of Lincolnshire so having a means to travel is essential.
We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to join our award-winning team. You will be providing crisis and enhanced home treatment for young people struggling with acute deteriorating mental health difficulties, including self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders/ disordered eating and psychosis. Our team looks at providing an alternative to a tier 4 admission and supporting those being discharged from an acute inpatient admission following an episode of care.
The role will include providing Crisis Assessments, 1:1 therapeutic intervention; utilising DBT and CBT skills, providing Emotional First Aid group work, and psycho- education with parents and Carers.
You will work closely with our CAMHs Mental Health Liaison service.
You will be expected to work a shift pattern on a Rota basis covering 7 days per week: 08:45-19:00hrs.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of community clinical care, ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools
Provide rapid response to children/young people presenting with urgent and emergency mental health presentations over a 24/7 rota.
Work as part of a team managing referrals for assessment and intensive community treatment for young people experiencing a mental health crisis or at risk of hospital admission.
Act as bed co-ordinators for out-of-county placements.
Support the Access Assessment of new referrals for in-patient beds.
Act as lead professional for complex cases within the team.
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.
Work in accordance with relevant childcare, health legislation and professional standards in partnership with wider children’s services and to engage fully with Safeguarding, Common Assessment Framework and other processes which requires working together with other agencies.
Proactively involve children/young people and their families/carers in service development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- NHS pension scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Andrew Smith, via email at Andrew.smith76@nhs.net or by telephone 07935 706692
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for CCETT Senior Practitioner with Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Lincoln, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term or Secondment for 12 months). The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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