About this role
Job summary
We are looking to recruit 1 full time Interventions Support Worker into the Specialised PD Probation Service at AWP. Specialised PD, otherwise known as OPD, is a large, community based, multidisciplinary team that has developed innovative approaches to working with high-risk offenders with Personality Disorders. These service users are seen by the National Probation Service in Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and OPD covers the caseload within these areas.
As a service we cover Probation Offices based in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, Swindon, Chippenham, Salisbury, Gloucester, and Cheltenham. In addition, we cover 3 Male and 1 Female Approved Premises in Bristol, and 1 Male Approved Premises in Gloucester.
We support a hybrid working model where we encourage staff to work from home 40% of the working week, and in an office space for 60% of their working week. Each staff member has an allocated geographical area with a central office in that area. Though this post is based primarily in Bath and North Somerset, with some work in Wiltshire. There will be occasional travel to other areas covered by OPD, or for training, conferences, or external meetings.
Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a care team to deliver evidence-based interventions to service users (offenders) in the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway. Including service users who are screened in to OPD and service users who access OPD via other means such as through our Approved Premises service.
To develop and practice, working alongside registered clinicians, a set of therapeutic care skills, making a significant contribution to service users' psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing.
To ensure service users and their relatives receive care that prioritises safety, effectiveness, partnership, and hope.
To promote and champion core care values by supporting junior, temporary and newly-appointed Healthcare Support Workers.
To work effectively as a part of a growing and multidisciplinary team who cover a large locality over the South West of England. Travel between localities (Bristol, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire) will be required.
The post holder would be expected to work independently according to a plan agreed with the professionally registered clinical and operational lead for the area/service and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
For professionally unregistered staff all work is done under the supervision of professionally registered clinicians. Clinical supervision and line management are in play to support all clinical staff.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.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.
Job description Job responsibilities
To deliver high quality care and recovery interventions for service users within designated clinical areas, in collaboration with, and under the indirect supervision of, registered care staff. These mayinclude:
Assisting service users with financial or accommodation issues. Escorting or accompanying service users for planned periods in the community facilitating social inclusion. Encouraging service users to talk about their experiences in one-to-one or group discussions. To help maintain a clean, well-organised, safe, and therapeutic environment that meets the needs of service users, carers, and colleagues, and to support registered care staff to perform standardised environmental assessments to monitor and improve the care setting.
To co-deliver (alongside a qualified clinician) psychosocially-informed one to one and group interventions aiming to positively impact service users cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. To assume lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities under the supervision of registered staff.
To integrate areas of personal interest with clinical practice to enhance the diversity of the teams provision of care.
To practise planned care, and to directly participate in the development of recovery-focused interventions that address service users and carers needs and preferences.
To proactively review, record and assess the on-going impacts of such interventions.
To participate in the on-going risk planning and assessment processes in collaboration with service users, their carers, and other members of the care team and to contribute to all aspects of clinical record keeping.
To maintain a basic working understanding of both the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005), and any other relevant legislation, as required by mandatory and statutory training (MaST).
To adhere to AWPs Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners; promoting and embedding it through the delivery of peer support and supervision to junior, temporary, and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers.
To observe and record interactions with service users and carers both verbally and in writing via clinical records and to communicate these to relevant partner agencies.
To deliver a wide range of fundamental care interventions using evidence based clinical tools, to monitor and improve physical health and personal wellbeing and to model a high standard of dignity, respect, and candour.
To engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical practice.
To promote and enhance a positive learning culture, being proactive in the induction, orientation, and support of junior, temporary, and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers, seeking to embed core care values into practice.
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Person Specification
Education Essential
Educated to a L3 diploma or equivalent (A level)
Desirable
Further training or education in a healthcare related topic
Experience Essential
Experience working in healthcare Knowledge or experience of mental health issues Ability to use computer systems and document work
Desirable
Experience of working in a busy team
Skills Essential
Empathy, self awareness and emotional resilience Good communication (IT, written, verbal)
Desirable
Ability to travel
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address Worle Probation Office
The North Somerset Courthouse
Weston-Super-Mare
BS22 7BB
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)