Band 6 Crisis Practitioner - SOLAR | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham, B37 7TR
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	7 Oct 2026

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Summary

To provide nursing and therapeutic interventions, involved in the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence based care to children, young people and their families accessing the Solar Crisis and Home Treatment Team

The post holder will provide high quality assessment for patients referred into Solar, providing a role in risk assessment and management, formulation of need, information gathering, and offering advice and guidance to children and young people directly and those who support them (parents/carers, family and professional support networks e.g school nurses, teachers, social workers)

The post holder will manage a defined caseload

The post holder will work with partner agencies (statutory and third sector) to manage the care of children and young people in Solihull

The post holder will ensure the most relevant care pathway and care plan is devised and where needed provide seamless transition into other Solar teams and practitioners

The post holder will contribute to a reduction in avoidable presentations to A&E departments

To work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment, care planning and care delivery for service users with moderate to severe mental health/emotional difficulties. This will include the provision of highly skilled professional care, psychological interventions, group work, clinical assessment, risk assessmentsIrisk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion and ensuring coproduction with service users, families and carers and the education staff. Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users, providing an effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care in line with the Care Programmed Approach.

Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team

Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.

Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct or other allied professional registration

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026

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