Band 6 Specialist Recovery Practitioner - Bath
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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Job summary
CALLING ALL BAND 6's!
We are looking to recruit two Band 6 registered professionals in either Social Work, Occupational Health or Nursing, to join the BANES Recovery Team based at Bath NHS House. This team has undergone lots of changes and improvements in the last year, and you would be working with a progressive, forward thinking, cohesive and reflective MDT. We are an integrated team and work closely with our colleagues in the Local Authority.
We currently have two vacancies within the team - and we would consider applicants looking for either part-time of full-time hours. We work Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
We strongly encourage personal and professional development - and once you are established within the team, there would be opportunities to undertake MBT, DBT, SCM training, Understanding psychosis and bipolar training, and Motivational Interview training.
If you are interested in joining the team and are keen to progress in your development, please do get in touch - we really encourage you to contact us for an informal chat, visit and/or a shadow shift with us - and submit an application form!
An introductory salary premia will be considered for those who have experience in this role.
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.
Always under the overarching framework of CPA, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, planning delivery and review of activities and interventions against identified health, social care and well being needs, acting as care coordinator for a defined group of service users.
The role will also require undertaking and delivering specific health or social care assessments and interventions, according to care clusters,including identified service users on other caseloads. This maybe either on a one to one basis, or as part of a group activity.
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.
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.
Date posted
12 January 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
342-BNS010-0123
Job locations
Bath NHS House
Newbridge Road
Bath
BA1 3QE
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Bath NHS House
Newbridge Road
Bath
BA1 3QE
Employer's website
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