Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 3 Engagement, Activity & Physical Health Practitioner - Bristol

The closing date is 27 November 2025

Job summary

Secure Services has an opportunity for an Engagement, Activity, and Physical Health Practitioner (EAPH) to join our team within a medium secure setting.

This role will entail working with service users with serious and enduring mental illness in order to carry out assessments of the interests and activities of each of our service users within Secure Services. This will include exploring and introducing a broad range of activities i.e. social, recreational, vocational and physical activities.

This role can be challenging. Our service user group are not always easy to engage due to the nature of their mental illness. You will be provided with regular support and supervision from both the ward team and other disciplines such as occupational therapists.

Main duties of the job

This will include exploring and introducing a broad range of social, recreational, vocational and physical activities outside of the mental health service, to promote social inclusion and to negotiate activities with individuals and groups.

You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and provide feedback both on our electronic systems and verbally in handovers and patient care reviews.

You will need to be forward thinking and flexible to meet the needs of the service.

You will need to develop both new and existing activities to provide a safe, valued and sustainable service.

You will be expected to work a range of shifts from early, mids and late shifts.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.

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

20 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-SEC109-1125

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road

Bristol

BS16 1ED

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To make evidence based assessment of the interest and activities of each service user within Secure Services and to work with the named nurse to plan and implement these activities, which promote recovery.

2. To develop therapeutic relationships with individuals ensuring service users choice, development and independence.

3. To explore and introduce a broad range of activities i.e. social, recreational, vocational and physical activities outside of the mental health service to promote social inclusion and to negotiate activities with individuals and groups.

4. To liaise with other wards and departments to facilitate transfer back to the locality ward.

5. To create and maintain partnerships with leisure and recreational providers within the local and wider community.

Secure Services provide both low and medium secure services. Our medium secure unit is made up of 6 wards for men of working age and 1 ward for females of working age. Our low secure service consists of 3 wards for men of working age.

Secure Services is based in Fishponds. Just 3 miles from the busy city centre of Bristol, with all the culture and diversity that Bristol has to offer.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

2. To develop therapeutic relationships with individuals ensuring service users choice, development and independence.

4. To liaise with other wards and departments to facilitate transfer back to the locality ward.

5. To create and maintain partnerships with leisure and recreational providers within the local and wider community.

Secure Services is based in Fishponds. Just 3 miles from the busy city centre of Bristol, with all the culture and diversity that Bristol has to offer.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of the Health Care Assistants Development Programme or equivalent e.g NVQ 3, National Diploma

Desirable

Associate Nurse Practitioner training

Skills & Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems in an acute mental health setting
Experience of working alone in the community with service users
Experience of working with people detained under the Mental Health Act
Knowledge of commonly used medications/treatments

Desirable

Experience of working with people with substance misuse issues and/or a dual

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of the Health Care Assistants Development Programme or equivalent e.g NVQ 3, National Diploma

Desirable

Associate Nurse Practitioner training

Skills & Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems in an acute mental health setting
Experience of working alone in the community with service users
Experience of working with people detained under the Mental Health Act
Knowledge of commonly used medications/treatments

Desirable

Experience of working with people with substance misuse issues and/or a dual

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

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road

Bristol

BS16 1ED

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road

Bristol

BS16 1ED

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)