Band 7 Psychologist/Psychotherapist/Arts Psychotherapist - Bristol

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider is seeking a Psychological Practitioner to join the Central Crisis Team in Bristol. The successful candidate will assess and treat clients in acute mental health crises and provide training and supervision to the team. This role offers the opportunity to work with individuals experiencing high levels of distress and enhance the team's understanding of crisis dynamics. A commitment to continuous professional development is essential.

Qualifications

• Interest in brief models of intervention, assessment, and formulation for people in distress.
• Experience in psychological practice, particularly in acute mental health crises.
• Capability to provide clinical supervision and training.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil a comprehensive role as a Psychological Practitioner within the Central Crisis Team.
• Assess and treat a specialist workload of clients and maintain associated records.
• Participate in Continued Professional Development and other developmental activities.
• Conduct Research and Development and clinical audits.
• Clinically supervise trainees, assistants, and team members as appropriate.
• Offer training to staff in the crisis team and other staff.

Job description

The successful applicant will provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation, alongside staff training, supervision, consultation, advice and support to the teams they are working within. The Bristol Crisis Service provides a rapid response to people in acute mental health crisis, offering assessment and immediate intervention and treatment within a person's home or a community setting. Working into the Crisis team will provide an exciting opportunity for someone with a keen interest in working psychologically with people experiencing acute mental health crises. Ideally you will have an interest in brief models of intervention, assessment and formulation of people in high levels of distress. In addition to direct work with service users, the post requires someone who can provide consultation in case discussions, offer clinical supervision groups and facilitate reflective practice sessions. This indirect work will enhance the team's understanding of the dynamics created within crises and ensure the development of a psychologically informed service. The successful applicant will also support the Service Manager, Senior Practitioners and CPI Crisis Lead with training and developing the staff group as a whole.

Responsibilities

• To fulfil a comprehensive role as a Psychological Practitioner within the Central Crisis Team.
• To assess and treat a specialist workload of clients and maintain associated records.
• To participate in Continued Professional Development and other developmental activities.
• To undertake Research and Development and clinical audit.
• To clinically supervise trainees, assistants and team members as appropriate to level of experience.
• To offer training to staff in the crisis team and other staff where appropriate.
• Consultation to the Crisis Team.

About AWP

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.