Band 4 Recovery Coordinator - Bath

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent mental health organization in Bath is seeking a Recovery Coordinator to join their crisis home treatment team. The role involves providing assessment and home treatment alternatives to hospital care, with responsibilities that include relapse prevention and facilitating patient discharge. Candidates should have an NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health and experience working with individuals in distress. A full UK driving license and insured vehicle are required. This position offers a chance to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving license and access to a suitably insured vehicle.
• Experience of working with families in distress.
• Enthusiastic and compassionate approach to mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and home treatment to individuals and their carers as an alternative to hospital admission.
• Facilitate discharge from hospital.
• Work as part of a shared caseload in a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Experience working with people in mental health crisis

Ability to work under pressure

Psychosocial skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health or equivalent

Job description

Are you interested in working with people in mental health crisis? We are a crisis home treatment team looking for a new Recovery Coordinator to join our team in Bath.

The access teams (and all the BANES teams) are very compassionate, and there will be many staff across the teams who would support you along your journey in your new role. As we work towards a home treatment model, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team including newly introduced roles such as clinical associate psychologists. This range of scope allows for great interprofessional learning and training.

We are looking to recruit a suitably experienced/qualified recovery coordinator, to join the BANES Intensive Team.

The Intensive Team is part of the BANES Access services.

The Intensive Team provides assessment and home treatment to individuals and their carers as an alternative to hospital admission, relapse prevention, short term therapy work and help provide facilitated discharge from hospital. Due to the limited public transport availability in the area you are required to have a full UK driving license and access to a suitably insured vehicle to conduct patient visits for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and home treatment to individuals and their carers as an alternative to hospital admission.
• Provide relapse prevention, short term therapy work and facilitate discharge from hospital.
• Work shift patterns 08:00-22:00, 7 days a week; includes 9‑5, evenings, weekend and bank holiday working.
• Offer psychosocial skills to service users; work under guidance of registered practitioners and expected to work lone at times.
• Work as part of a shared caseload, offering MDT working and support opportunities.

Qualifications

• Successfully undertaken the NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health or equivalent qualification.
• Enthusiastic, with experience of working with people and families in distress due to mental health crisis.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Must have a full UK driving license and access to a suitably insured vehicle.

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.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

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.