Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Kingswood Civic Centre

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional or Social Worker? If so, we would love to hear from you. The Specialised Care Home and Enhanced Dementia Service provides psychosocial interventions at times of crisis, as alternatives to admission to our later life dementia wards. The team work in two parts, we support individuals and carers in their own homes, and those which reside in care homes. We sit along side the Later Life Community Mental Health team which we have good working relationships with, as well as sharing a pool of experienced later life medics. The team is made up of nurses, a social worker, occupational therapists and support workers. What we can offer you Along with mandatory supervision and appraisal, we encourage both professional and personal development. We are a friendly and passionate team and pride ourselves on the support we offer our colleagues. We fully encourage open discussion and learning environments for all members of the team. In addition, we offer:

• Paid mileage for clinical visits
• Support with career progression
• Opportunities and support for career development
• Encouragement and opportunities to contribute to service improvement
• Comprehensive induction period
• Regular review of caseloads
• Morning multidisciplinary support meetings
• Access to learning materials
• Community working hours
• Team building and away day events
• Team social eve
Main duties of the job The Specialised Care Home and Enhanced Dementia Service is a specialist team aimed at providing a safe and supportive alternative to a psychiatric hospital admission for adults with a diagnosis of dementia. We work with individuals, families and carers who are experiencing increasing difficulties due to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. We also support individuals who have a long standing functional mental health illness, which may be complicated by their dementia diagnosis. The team provides a range of psychosocial interventions utilising key models and formulations, non-pharmacological approaches/ interventions, and when indicated we provide pharmacological interventions. The main duties of the role will be providing a robust assessment including assessment of risk, identifying needs and formulating care plans to meet identified needs/ mitigate risk. As a team we work alongside other services to plan, deliver and review effective "wrap around" interventions to manage risk and prevent hospital admission. Please note that the South Gloucestershire Specialised Care Home and Enhanced Dementia Service covers a large geographical area so applicants must have a valid driving licence and access to own transport. It is not possible to carry out the requirements of this role by using public transport.

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.