Crisis Practitioner

Overview

37.5 hours per week (24-hour shift pattern). As part of unplanned mental health services in Doncaster, join Doncaster Crisis Team. The role involves triage, assessment and intervention for service users in crisis, including telephone, home visits and assessments in A&E. We are recruiting a permanent Band 6 qualified practitioner who is enthusiastic and motivated to work with individuals in crisis within the community, delivering a caring and safe service.

• Triaget and assess service users in crisis and provide intervention as required
• Work across telephone, home visits and A&E settings
• Collaborate with families to support their understanding of crisis management
• Work with partner organisations, third sector and peer support services with transparency and openness
• Contribute to changes in community working age model and take opportunities to lead initiatives

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employs around 3,700 colleagues and offers mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services. Our strategy and core values guide our work. For more information: RDASH strategy, benefits of working with RDASH, and Allyship information can be found on the organisations websites listed in the original posting.

• Date posted: 21 January 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for Change
• Band:
  Band 6
• Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 per annum
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time, Flexible working
• Location:
  
  Onyx Centre;
  Tickhill Road Site;
  Doncaster, DN4 8QN

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view full details about the role. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high number of applications.

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (current professional registration)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Risk assessment and management training
• Safeguarding Level 3
• Mentorship qualification

• Therapies skills training/qualification
• Psychosocial interventions
• Suicide prevention training
• STORM
• Supervision training

• Extensive experience in mental health settings
• Experience of case managing people presenting in mental health crisis
• Leading risk assessment and risk management planning
• Co-producing care/crisis plans with clients and families
• Multi-agency working across local authorities, voluntary sector and peer support
• Involving service users and carers in care delivery

• Experience of working within a crisis service
• Experience of acute inpatient settings
• Service improvement work with service users and carers
• Values-based recruitment

• Excellent knowledge of mental illness, symptoms and assessment
• Knowledge of evidence-based treatments and therapies for crisis care
• Knowledge of harm minimisation and management of self-harm
• Understanding of trauma and recovery-oriented care
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and current policy/guidance
• Knowledge of community resources (statutory and non-statutory) and recovery principles

• Assessing and formulating care for people in distress
• Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning
• Defensible record keeping and crisis intervention skills
• Education and training for staff as appropriate
• Communication of complex information to clients, families and colleagues
• Involving relatives and partners in care planning and risk management
• Ability to undertake physical interventions when required
• Time management, organizational skills, and valuing diversity
• Dealing with verbal aggression and maintaining engagement
• MDT collaboration and a passion for high-quality service delivery

Additional Information
This post is subject to DBS checks and UK visa sponsorship requirements as applicable. Applicants must have UK professional registration. For further information, refer to NHS Careers and UK Visas and Immigration guidance within the original posting.

Employer details:
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT, Onyx Centre, Tickhill Road Site, Doncaster, DN4 8QN
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