Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner - Devizes

North Wiltshire Intensive Service is a diverse, multi-professional team consisting of Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Recovery Coordinators who deliver care to those in mental health crisis in the community. This role focusses on providing appropriate and effective interventions and treatments to people with a range of mental health, enabling and assisting them to meet their personal recovery goals and facilitate engagement with mainstream services. The North Wiltshire Intensive Service provides home treatment as a least restrictive alternative to hospital admission, which is evidence-based at promoting recovery. The team work closely with both service users and carers, including utilising the support of tertiary services to provide comprehensive support within the community., Accepting & reviewing referrals, completion of assessments within the community & general hospital settings for home treatment or gatekeeping for hospital admission. Implementation of Risk Management & Care Plans for the effective home treatment of Service Users utilising least restrictive practice at every opportunity. Medication management & concordance within community. Other duties & responsibilities in line with job description.

The team is attached to a Place of Safety, where service users are detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. The North Wiltshire Intensive Service are responsible for attending the Mental Health Act assessments that are undertaken, to ensure that least restrictive practices are adhered to, in line with the Mental Health Act., Both full & part time positions available. Enhancements paid for unsocial hours. We are a no longer a 24/7 service after the implementation of the Urgent Care Team (111-2) and so shift patterns are 0730 - 1530; 0830 - 1630; or 1400 - 2200. These hours will be dependent on the candidate & flexible working opportunities to successful candidates are welcome for discussion. Please note, that we do not cover any Emergency Departments.

Previous experience in an Intensive Team is not essential- we have many practitioners in the team who have brought their skills from other areas and found them to be transferable to this field. This is a great opportunity for those working on inpatient units wanting to move to the community, whilst still providing support to those who are experiencing acute mental health crisis., Good communication & organisational skills are essential to this role, along with excellent clinical knowledge & skills.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 7,000 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.