Band 6 Recovery Practitioner - Weston Super Mare

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, looking for an opportunity to work within community mental health services? If so, then we have an opportunity for you! We have a fantastic opportunity for someone who is professionally registered and is looking for a team they can invest in - and also be invested and developed in. Within the North Somerset Recovery (Community Mental Health) Team, we believe that supporting colleagues to meet their maximum potential is essential to providing great care. Therefore, we are looking to appoint someone to a Band 6 position to develop their existing skills and work within in our Bipolar and Psychosis pathway within North Somerset Recovery Service. This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with trust policy, all newly qualified social workers will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be agreed to extend this for a further 2 years., We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of a talented pool of both registered and non-registered mental health professionals. This fantastic opportunity will ensure successful applicants have the necessary skill and experience to undertake the role of a Specialist Band 6 Practitioner. Programme of work will include:

• Designated senior supervisor for the duration of the position.
• Relevant additional training courses as per development need.
• Focus on complex, remote and face to face assessment, formulation and clinical interventions such as CBT for psychosis alongside working closely with our Consultant Psychiatrists and NMPs to monitor and manage pharmacological interventions.
  
  We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy. Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people. 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.