Band 7 Senior Practitioner - Petherton Resource Centre, Bristol

South Bristol Assessment and Recovery team covers a large geographical area and has diverse communities within its catchment area.

If successful you would be working in one of three friendly and supportive multidisciplinary clusters which are clinically led by a Consultant Psychiatrists. Experience of community mental health or similar would be an advantage in this role. However, training is available for suitable candidates., We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner, either a qualified mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist who has current experience in a community mental health team . The successful applicant will be recovery focussed and will empower service users on their care pathway through the service.

The successful applicant will have experience in supervising a diverse staff group and will provide clinical leadership to the team as well asdeputising for the team manager on occasion.

The successful applicant will carry a small caseload and carry out assessments when required.

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive community mental healthteam. The successful applicant will be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the service and will receive regular supervision from the team manager. There will also be opportunities for furtherprofessional development.

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.