Band 6 Practitioner - Bristol/Swindon

Job summary

Are you wondering what job roles there are that can utilise your knowledge, skills and interests?

Are you creative, compassionate and interested in improving people's lives and experiences when they need healthcare?

Do you have an interest in neurodiversity?*

AWP specialised services are passionate about our service users and our staff. We have roles for qualified mental health practitioners available in our learning disability, autism and ADHD services.

We can offer you interesting career opportunities and flexible ways of working too. Follow us on Twitter @AWPJobs

• We provide high quality education and training
• We're committed to improving staff health and wellbeing
• Opportunities for career progression
• We listen to staff and value feedback
• Compassionate leadership

Main duties of the job

This role is focussed on providing appropriate, effective interventions and treatments to people with severe and enduring mental health needs, and their carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well being needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. The post holder will also provide clinical leadership and supervision to team members.

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. The expertise and resources withinAWPare 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.

AtAWP 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Various sites across the AWP region

Devizes

SN10 5DS

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Various sites across the AWP region

Devizes

SN10 5DS

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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