About this role
Job summary
Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, looking for an opportunity to work within community mental health services?
We have a range of opportunities for both experienced band 5 practitioners and newly qualified band 5's.
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.
Within Sarum Community Mental Health Team, we believe that supporting colleagues to meet their maximum potential is essential to providing great care.
Main duties of the job
We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of a talented pool of both registered and non-registered mental health professionals.
We have moved away from the use of care programme approach (CPA) and now work with service users and carers under the "your team, your conversation, you plan approach", which is a strength based, intervention lead model of care, that supports the individual to address their own identified needs. We support the conversation through the use of a personal well-being and safety plan, as well the use of patient related outcome measures (dialogue +).
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
Please refer to both Band 5 job description for further details.
1. To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver an ongoing comprehensive mentalhealth service.2. To facilitate the delivery of Personalised Care and Support Planning in line with the Your Team your Conversation-Your Plan Policy and guidance.3. To record risk incidents and to collaboratively create and update Safety Assessments and Safety Plans.4. To provide personalised interventions to support people with Mental Health difficulties.5. To sometimes act as a Keyworker for people to whom you are delivering interventions.6. To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, non-profession specific specialist therapeutic interventions.7. To plan, deliver and evaluate Nursing Interventions as a member of a Multi- Disciplinary Team.8. To work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, assisting it to function well. Providing profession specific leadership, input and understanding, respecting and utilising the input of otherprofessionals to enhance the overall quality of support provided.9. To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to support Carers.10. To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising of electronic resources suchas diaries/scheduling.11. To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, including working with others in the planning development and review of protection plans, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.12. Coordinating and undertaking protective interventions which may be required in the protection of others, as outlined in the protection plan, taking individual action where indicated.13. Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.14. To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.15. Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.16. To participate in management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy.17. To provide mentoring/training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the assessment and supervision of students , participating in their learning objectives and assessments.
This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with trust policy, all newly qualified social workers will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be agreed to extend this for a further 2 years.On successful completion of the ASYE, for which you will be given full support of an experienced Social Worker as well as Divisional Social Work Lead, and peer support from other ASYE candidates, you will then be eligible to progress to a Band 6 position.If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy.
Person Specification
Professional Registration Essential
Professional Registration for the following occupations or on a relevant university course within the final year; Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker
Experience Essential
Experience in adult mental health Evidence of risk management and developing risk management strategies
Desirable
Experience, or placements in a wide variety of settings Actual or previous experience of working in community setting Older Adult Experience/Transferrable Skills Child and Young Person Experience/Transferable Skills
Interventions Essential
Ability to deliver or evidence of ability to work towards delivering a range of therapeutic interventions
Desirable
Relevant experience of Learning Disabilities Experience in medication management and clinical interventions Experience of physical health and comorbidities Experience of psychosocial intervention and/or knowledge of these approaches
Communication skills Essential
Highly developed written communication skills Excellent documentation skills and report writing
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address Fountain Way Hospital
Grovely Unit
Salisbury
SP2 7FD
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)