Job summary
At the heart of Greater Manchester's innovative Crisis Care Pathway, our unified service offers a comprehensive range of support for children and young people facing mental health challenges. Operating seamlessly across multiple pathways--including Rapid Response, Home Treatment, and support for discharges from medical wards--we provide timely, community-based interventions aimed at preventing hospital admissions and facilitating safe, supported discharges.
As a key member of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, compassionate care that makes a tangible difference in the lives of young people and their families. We are committed to fostering a supportive environment where every team member can thrive and contribute to the continuous development of our award-winning services.
We welcome applications from registered nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists eager to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're looking to specialise in children's mental health or seeking a new challenge, we offer tailored training and development opportunities to support your growth within our multidisciplinary team.
Be part of a forward-thinking service that is shaping the future of crisis care for young people. Apply now to join our dedicated team and help us continue to provide exceptional care across Greater Manchester.
Main duties of the job
You'll be a core member of our Crisis Care team, delivering rapid, community-based support through Rapid Response, Home Intensive Treatment, and medical discharge pathways--helping prevent hospital admissions, support safe returns home, and empower young people to stay in their own homes.
Key Responsibilities:
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Assessment & Intervention: Conduct psycho-social and risk assessments, create tailored care plans, and deliver creative interventions to support mental well-being.
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Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with CAMHS, acute and specialist hospitals, police, education, and social care to provide coordinated support.
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Crisis Management & De-escalation: Use advanced de-escalation techniques to manage acute distress and reduce risk.
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Community-Based Support: Provide intensive home-based care to prevent A&E visits and inpatient stays, boost family/community integration, and build resilience and life skills in CYP.
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Shared Caseloads: Manage a small caseload within a multidisciplinary team, offering mutual support and ensuring comprehensive care delivery.
Operational Hours:This role includes evening and weekend shifts (8am-10pm, 7 days a week).
If you bring strong assessment, communication, and crisis-intervention skills and want to deliver compassionate, community-centred mental health care, we'd love to hear from you.
About us
Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement.Whether you're beginning your career or taking the next step, MFT offers a stimulating and supportive environment where your contribution truly matters. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working - empowering you to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients.You'll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working alongside professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds. Together, we push boundaries, share knowledge, and deliver care that transforms lives.At MFT, you'll find a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and encouraged to thrive. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development, helping you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions.Your journey at MFT is more than a job - it's an opportunity to make a lasting impact. We'll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application
Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, were proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOUfor our patients, our communities, and each other.As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your applicationespecially personal statements and responses to role-specific questionsis written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.
Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application
Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, were proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOUfor our patients, our communities, and each other.As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your applicationespecially personal statements and responses to role-specific questionsis written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.
Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant core professional qualification in mental health (Nurse, Social worker or Occupational Therapist)
Desirable
- Qualifications in Psychological Therapies e.g. CBT / SFT/ IPT
- Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent
Registration/Accreditation
Essential
- NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP
Knowledge, Skills and Ability.
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation.
- Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- The ability to use assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family.
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own practice
- To have the ability to manage own caseload.
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary.
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training.
- Demonstrable therapeutic skills
- IT competent
- Knowledge and understanding of the research process
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals.
- Experience of autonomously managing a caseload within a service.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Community mental health experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant core professional qualification in mental health (Nurse, Social worker or Occupational Therapist)
Desirable
- Qualifications in Psychological Therapies e.g. CBT / SFT/ IPT
- Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent
Registration/Accreditation
Essential
- NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP
Knowledge, Skills and Ability.
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation.
- Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- The ability to use assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family.
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own practice
- To have the ability to manage own caseload.
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary.
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training.
- Demonstrable therapeutic skills
- IT competent
- Knowledge and understanding of the research process
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals.
- Experience of autonomously managing a caseload within a service.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Community mental health experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
