Band 6 Specialist Placement/Forensic Clinician - Devizes

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Devizes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health trust is seeking an experienced mental health clinician to manage caseloads for individuals in specialist or forensic placements. Responsibilities include care coordination, conducting assessments, and advocating for patients. Candidates should have strong communication skills and experience in multi-agency planning. This role is vital for supporting community mental health services within Wiltshire.

Qualifications

• Experience managing caseloads in specialist or forensic settings.
• Proven ability to coordinate care and conduct risk assessments.
• Strong communication and advocacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care and oversee discharge planning.
• Advocate for patients and liaise with families.
• Conduct assessments of need and risk.
• Supporting community mental health services in compiling requests.
• Providing and presenting statutory reports.
• Delivering teaching/training and offering consultation to colleagues.
• Representing AWP at local Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements.
• Collaborating with agencies across geographic boundaries.

Skills

Care coordination

Risk assessments

Strong communication skills

Advocacy experience

Education

Mental health clinician

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced mental health clinician to manage a caseload of people from Wiltshire who are either placed in an out of area specialist placement or a forensic setting. The role is to oversee the pathway for the duration of an individual’s treatment whilst placed out of county.

Responsibilities

• Care coordination, review of placement, discharge planning and repatriation to Wiltshire
• Advocating for patients and liaising with families
• Traveling to sites some distance from base and developing relationships with a wide range of organisations, providers and the ICB
• Undertaking assessments of need and risk and formulating and/or contributing to MDT/multi agency care planning processes
• Supporting community mental health services in compiling and presenting requests for specialist placements funded via ICB or Local Authority funding panels
• Providing and presenting statutory reports including MHA Tribunal reports and undertaking reviews of care and producing documentation for funding panels
• Delivering teaching/training and supervision as appropriate and offering consultation to colleagues in relation to out of county community providers and specialist placements
• Representing AWP, Wiltshire at local Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
• Holding and working collaboratively with other agencies across geographic boundaries

Qualifications & Experience

• Mental health clinician with experience managing caseloads in specialist or forensic settings
• Proven ability to coordinate care, conduct risk assessments and contribute to multi‑agency planning
• Strong communication skills, advocacy experience and capacity to work across agencies

Equal Opportunity

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.