Band 7 Senior Practitioner - Petherton Resource Centre, Bristol

As Senior Practitioner you will ensure all aspects of the team's functioning are well lead with overall responsibility for managing the team caseload and referrals into the service.

You will also provide formal supervision and informal day to day guidance for team members, and will work alongside side other senior practitioners to clinically lead the team.

You will support Team manager and senior practitioners in their role of promoting high quality care delivery, along with many other aspects of managing team and client needs whilst representing AWP values. You will also require to carry a small number of case with complex needs.

Are you an experienced, motivated and energetic mental health professional? A fantastic opportunity has arisen as a Band 7 Senior Practitioner within the South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team., Applicants will be expected to demonstrate a high level of decision making skills and to be able to work independently. Applicants will also need to be proficient with the use of IT systems for both data and documentation purposes.

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.

£43,742 to £50,056 a year pro rata (Pay award pending)