# East CAIST Assistant Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/east-caist-assistant-practitioner/6cdc5c4d-afa4-4184-8822-43a10b725361 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/east-caist-assistant-practitioner/6cdc5c4d-afa4-4184-8822-43a10b725361.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T12:21:33.666Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Assistant_Practitioner/Assistant_Practitioner-v8055609 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8055609?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Is your passion working creatively with children and families? Looking for a role with flexible working opportunities? We are excited to offer an opportunity to join CAIST, our under 18’s Crisis Service as an Assistant Practitioner supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney. This role will be based predominantly in Norwich with travel to local surrounding areas.  There is an expectation of occasional support to bases in Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth which means you may need to travel between our sites, so being able to travel independently is essential. The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment & Intensive Support Team) service is a vibrant and dynamic service that has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney service, 7 days a week. The service is commissioned for 08:00-20:00 7 days per week. The team offers community based intensive support to children & young people and their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children and young people may be experiencing high levels of distress. We work hard to help children and young people avoid Tier 4 hospital admission, and when required, to expedite safe and effective discharge. ### Main duties of the job Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health.  We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome new ways of thinking. You will offer direct clinical work (individual brief interventions and intensive support) with children under 18 years that have presented in crisis, alongside their families and carers where appropriate. We regularly work alongside other mental health services and social care teams, working collaboratively to support the needs of young people. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the Qualifications  knowledge, skills and experience needed. PLEASE NOTE: If you use a Hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your “junk” mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your” junk” inbox. For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! ## Job Details Is your passion working creatively with children and families? Looking for a role with flexible working opportunities? We are excited to offer an opportunity to join CAIST, our under 18’s Crisis Service as an Assistant Practitioner supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney. This role will be based predominantly in Norwich with travel to local surrounding areas. There is an expectation of occasional support to bases in Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth which means you may need to travel between our sites, so being able to travel independently is essential. The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment & Intensive Support Team) service is a vibrant and dynamic service that has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney service, 7 days a week. The service is commissioned for 08:00-20:00 7 days per week. The team offers community based intensive support to children & young people and their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children and young people may be experiencing high levels of distress. We work hard to help children and young people avoid Tier 4 hospital admission, and when required, to expedite safe and effective discharge. ## Job Description Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome new ways of thinking. You will offer direct clinical work (individual brief interventions and intensive support) with children under 18 years that have presented in crisis, alongside their families and carers where appropriate. We regularly work alongside other mental health services and social care teams, working collaboratively to support the needs of young people. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team. ## Responsibilities Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the Qualifications knowledge, skills and experience needed. PLEASE NOTE: If you use a Hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your “junk” mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your” junk” inbox. For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Risk Assessment - Understanding of Mental Health issues - CPA ### Experience **Essential** - Working with Service Users with mental health needs - Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) - Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Care certificate or relevant equivalent. - Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5 ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10345423) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.