Team Manager - North Somerset Early Intervention Team
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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Job summary
Would you like to lead a friendly, supportive team who are passionate about improving the lives of service user's and their families?
This is a highly exciting time to join an innovative and forward thinking team, who have just received significant new investment to further develop the service.
The North Somerset Early Intervention Team provides a service for individuals between the ages of 14 - 35 experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families. This includes assessment where there is a suspicion of psychosis. The Team provides a range of assessments and interventions for service users on their caseload to include, psychosocial assessment, medication management, active engagement, a group programme, Family Interventions, CBTp, assessment of vocational, Social and housing needs, relapse management and carers focused education programmes.
The Team are based at the Coast Resource Centre in Weston-Super-Mare, just 5 minutes from Junction 21 of the M5 and next to Worle Parkway train station.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Main duties of the job
You will manage direct and lead the North Somerset Early intervention team, to deliver a high quality service and deliver evidence based interventions such as CBTp, Family Interventions, Carers focused education and support programmes and physical health monitoring in accordance with NICE guidelines .
You will work in partnership with the Senior Practitioner to offer good quality supervision, training and development opportunities for staff to enable the team to work in a holistic way to support service users and carers.
You will be well supported by the Community Services Manager, with regular opportunities to link up with other Early Intervention colleagues and networks.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
Date posted
29 July 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-NS114-0722
Job locations
Coast Resource Centre, Diamond Batch, Weston-super-Mare
Diamond Batch
Weston-Super-Mare
BS24 7FY
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Coast Resource Centre, Diamond Batch, Weston-super-Mare
Diamond Batch
Weston-Super-Mare
BS24 7FY
Employer's website
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