Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel independently
- Skills
Excellent communication and engagement skills Conflict resolution and Breakaway training (or requirement to undertake within first 12 weeks)
- Skills
Competent assessment skills
- Skills
Effective analytical and decision-making skills
- Skills
Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills
- Skills
Able to effectively prioritise own workload
- Skills
Computer skills and experience of using an Electronic Patient Record system
- Skills
Competent and effective documentation and record keeping
- Knowledge
The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively
- Knowledge
An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative) Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act.
- Knowledge
Have the ability to discuss, identify and escalate safeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable
- Knowledge
Ensure care is values-based, nonjudgemental and equitable, and supports the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity being met.
- Experience
Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Experience
Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
- Experience
Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
- Experience
Demonstrable experience in assessment of mental health
- Experience
Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
- Experience
Experience of managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs
- Experience
Experience supervising others/students including preceptorship programme, student placements etc
- Qualifications
Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
- Qualifications
Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)
- Qualifications
Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)
Desirable
14 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
- Skills
Prevention and Management of Suicide training
- Skills
Medicine Management
- Skills
Safeguarding training
- Knowledge
Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
- Knowledge
Knowledge of health promotion
- Knowledge
Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
- Experience
Experience in delivering group based interventions
- Experience
Experience working in the specific area
- Experience
Experience of interagency working
- Experience
Experience of supporting transitions
- Experience
Experience in supporting service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Qualifications
Recognised Leadership/Management training
- Qualifications
Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Job overview
£3K Welcome Bonus (T&C'S APPLY)
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 a Senior Mental Health Practitioner supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney.
We have bases in East, Central & West Norfolk; we allocate a base closest to where you live. The role is peripatetic so on occasion you may need to travel to different 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 & their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children & young people may be experiencing high levels of distress.
When you join CAIST, you can expect your role to be varied and diverse – no two days are ever the same!
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 (crisis assessment and individual interventions via 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 and may have some supervisory responsibilities for junior colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.
**Previous applicants need not apply**
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!
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 East CAIST Senior Mental Health Practitioner*£3k Welcome Bonus* with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Great Yarmouth, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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