Band 6 Assessor and Coordinator Early Intervention Psychosis - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 assessor/care coordinator in the Bristol Early Intervention for Psychosis Service.

Bristol is an exciting city, rich in culture and arts with a great mix of vibrant city life and access to green spaces.

The Bristol EI Team are a multidisciplinary team consisting of Peer Support Worker, Specialist Mental Health Support Workers, Individual Placement Support Workers, Physical Health Support Worker, Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Consultant Psychiatrist, Administration Team, Non Medical Prescribers, Cognitive Behaviour Therapists for Psychosis and Family Intervention for Psychosis specialists. The team are a lovely warm and friendly group of people with a passion for working with people with Psychosis and providing researched based interventions and support.

The successful candidate with be able to bring relevant skills and experience to the role, and also be able to develop further due to the opportunities for in house learning and a wide range of supervisions that the team offer.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

To assess young people with psychosis or possible psychosis.
To plan and implement specialist programmes of care for young people following the first appearance of psychosis or for a limited period where psychosis is suspected, including carrying a specialist caseload of clients and acting as care co-ordinator.
To liaise and work in collaboration with other agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care.
To provide specialist advice to young people, carers and professionals.
To develop awareness sessions around psychosis and early intervention to be delivered within education and youth services.
To provide clinical supervision to junior staff, students and support workers.
To undertake audit, research and development activities.

About us

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.

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.

Date posted

08 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-BR007-0124

Job locations

Campbell House

Montague Place

Bristol

BS6 5UB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full job description and person specification attached to this advert for further details of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full job description and person specification attached to this advert for further details of the role.

Person Specification

Essential

Current registration in mental health nursing, Social Work or Occupational therapy.
Two years post registration experience
Broad range experience of mental health problems
Good understanding of the Access and Waiting time standards for Early Intervention Services.

Desirable

Trained in Psychosocial interventions, e.g. Family Interventions in psychosis, CBT informed interventions.
Experience of care coordination
Experience of providing supervision. Able to mentor students.
Experience of group facilitation.

Person Specification

Essential

Current registration in mental health nursing, Social Work or Occupational therapy.
Two years post registration experience
Broad range experience of mental health problems
Good understanding of the Access and Waiting time standards for Early Intervention Services.

Desirable

Trained in Psychosocial interventions, e.g. Family Interventions in psychosis, CBT informed interventions.
Experience of care coordination
Experience of providing supervision. Able to mentor students.
Experience of group facilitation.

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).