Band 5 Specialist Recovery Practitioner - Salisbury

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust as a Band 5 CMHT Clinician focused on holistic mental health care. This role involves innovative pathway management and working with diverse patient groups, providing a supportive training environment for newly qualified social workers.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified social workers eligible for Band 5 roles.
• Interest or skills in delivering interventions on the non-psychotic pathway.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of care for service users on the non-psychotic pathway.
• Conduct care planning and risk assessments.
• Engage in structured clinical management and group work.

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Band 5 CMHT Clinician - Non-Psychotic Pathway

Are you interested in holistic mental health care , keen to work in a community setting and eager to work as part of an Multi professional team? If you can answer yes to these questions then we want you to apply for one of our band 5 posts in Sarum CMHT.

We have redesigned the model of care based on identified pathways and we are looking for clinicians who are skilled or have an interest in training to deliver interventions to service users in the non-psychotic pathway.

We have initiated a training programme of structured clinical management which is evidence based approach for individuals with complex emotional needs who are on a non-psychotic pathway and this training would be available to new staff.

If you are up for the challenge this is an exciting opportunity for clinicians to work in a focused way developing skills for an identified group of individuals.

In addition to this you would also be working with a other groups of people with diagnosis ranging from depression, anxiety and bipolar.

Main Duties Will Include

Coordination care for SU on the no psychotic pathway

Care planning

Risk assessment

Structured Clinical Management

Group work

Attending Supervision

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSW’s are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.

If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Naomi Noke Job title: Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01722820250

Mel Haggerty - 01722820250