Band 7 Senior Practitioner Early Intervention - Bristol

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health services provider in Bristol is seeking a dedicated social worker to lead a team, ensuring high-quality care and clinical leadership for service users. The role demands collaboration with various healthcare providers, implementing safety management strategies and developing crisis plans. Applicants should be qualified social workers with experience in mental health contexts, focusing on effective communication and therapeutic interventions. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in mental health service delivery.

Qualifications

• Lead and inspire the team for high-quality care delivery.
• Provide clinical leadership for complex service users.
• Ensure safety management plans are effectively implemented.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and review complex treatment programmes.
• Oversee advanced therapeutic interventions.
• Facilitate the development of crisis and rapid access plans.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Crisis management

Therapeutic interventions

Team supervision

Effective communication

Education

Qualified social worker

ASYE completed or in progress

Job description

Role Overview

The post holder will lead and inspire the team to deliver a high-quality and effective service for service users and carers. Working in partnership with the Team Manager and other senior practitioners, they will ensure excellent clinical access and compliance with waiting time standards for early intervention services are maintained within the team. Effective caseload management and clinical supervision will be supported by robust and efficient individual and team supervision processes, all within the overarching framework of Personal Wellbeing Plans, under the "Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan" approach. The role may require working extended hours and deputising for the Team Manager when necessary.

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

Key Responsibilities

• To lead and inspire the team to deliver a high-quality and effective recovery service for service users and carers.


• To provide clinical leadership to ensure that, where appropriate, the service works effectively alongside other services to manage safety and prevent hospital admissions for service users with the most complex and acute needs.


• To undertake and support the specialist, ongoing assessment of physiological and/or psychological functioning for service users with the most complex health and wellbeing needs.


• To be responsible for, both individually and within the team, the development, delivery, and review of comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice-including strategies to manage safety for service users with complex needs and their carers.


• Within your sphere of expertise and advanced practice, you will be responsible for providing keyworker support to a small number of service users, as well as delivering defined interventions to individuals on other workers' caseloads.


• You will plan, deliver, and evaluate advanced specialist therapeutic interventions within your area of expertise, including for service users on other caseloads. These may include:

• Family interventions


• CBT/CBI (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy / Cognitive Behavioural Interventions)


• Medication management

You will oversee and deliver a range of defined activities and interventions aimed at improving carers' ability to support service users and enhancing their relationships. In partnership with the team manager, you will lead the development and maintenance of excellent clinical standards and effective caseload supervision, underpinned by robust individual and team supervision processes. You will support the team manager in meeting national quality standards for Early Intervention (EI) Access and Waiting Time Standards. You will provide training within the team as appropriate. You will oversee and ensure the implementation of effective safety management plans and strategies across the team, considering the safety of service users, carers, friends and family members, staff, the organisation, and the public.

In collaboration with service users, carers, friends, and family members, you will be responsible for facilitating and ensuring the development of complex, comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements, etc., involving other agencies such as primary care where appropriate. You will develop and maintain strong partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison with the Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, the voluntary sector, and nominated carers/advocates.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities, - we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities). We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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 deliver 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 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 provide better care. AWP is committed to supporting and fostering a positive, research-informed environment and culture, which benefits everyone who works for the organisation and enhances the care we provide.

At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. We value the unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge that individuals bring to AWP-because diversity makes us stronger.