Job summary
- Main area
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12 hours shifts per week and 1 x 6 hour shift per month include night shifts.)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR342-0725
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tonteg Hospital
- Town
- Tonteg
- Salary
- £39,263 - £47,280 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Crisis Liaison/Single Point of Access Practitioner
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.
Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.
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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Mental Health Nurses to work within the CAMHS Crisis Liaison/Single Point of Access Team based in Tonteg Hospital.
The CAMHS Service has a number of bases across the locality which includes Tonteg Hospital, Carnegie Clinic in Rhondda, KHHP in Merthyr and Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will manage their own caseload and provide timely assessment, risk management and follow up intervention for children and young people presenting in crisis related to mental health eg. acute psychosis, eating disorder or intent to inflict harm upon themselves and/or others.
To provide triage, assessments of all referrals in to the service, establish the most appropriate sign posting and allocation of the referral to meet the needs of the young person.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired through Degree in Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy. Evidence of relevant postregistration continuing Professional Development. Specialist knowledge, skills and experience for working in the community within specialist area. Advanced knowledge of Nursing Speciality. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Measures. Knowledge of audit and research. Knowledge of Adult Protection and Child Protection policies and procedures. Knowledge of Clinical Governance. Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control Procedures. Sound working knowledge of the Welsh Government’s Strategies, National Frameworks and NICE Guidelines. Undertaken and maintain updates in restraint of patients/clients.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification. Clinical Leadership qualification/training. Clinical Supervision qualification/training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration experience, including working with children and young people in a variety of settings. Substantial experience of working with children and young people with complex and diverse mental health needs. Experience of assessing children and young people, presenting with challenging, high risk behaviours. Ability to formulate risk management plans and programmes of care. Clinical and theoretical teaching in a range of contexts. Working knowledge of Clinical Governance. Evidence of implementing innovation and change in clinical practice. Evidence of undertaking clinical audit and/or research in clinical practice. Experience and management of working with families in distress and high expressed emotion
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a range of clinical settings. Working knowledge of Primary Care Teams.
Aptitudes and abilities
Essential criteria
- Organisational ability and time management skills. Advanced clinical assessment skills of children and young people presenting with mental health difficulties. Crisis assessment skills. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to prioritise and problem solve. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Keyboard/word processing skills. Ability to present information clearly. Good negotiating skills. Facilitation/Presentation and Teaching skills. Clinical competency across a range of clinical skills. De-escalation skills and application in practice. Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Values/personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Motivated and possesses a non-judgemental attitude towards others. Work well both as an individual and as part of a team, always acting in a professional manner. Able to demonstrate a positive and caring attitude to all children and young people, relatives and members of staff in a calm and professional manner. An effective team player with ability to enthuse and develop potential in others. Able to maintain judgement when under pressure or in highly distressing/emotive situations. Ability to manage anxiety of self and others. Possess a strong commitment to improving children and young peoples’ experiences and care. Ability to work to unplanned and planned deadlines. Demonstrate assertive qualities and diplomacy. Proactive and innovative. Collaborative, personable and a good listener. Resilient and self-motivated with drive and vision. Able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas. Possess a positive attitude to joint working.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Pick
- Job title
- Team Lead Crisis Liaison/SPOA
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443008
- Additional information
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