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 Early Intervention for Psychosis Service will provide help and support to young people over 14 years and under 35 years of age for 3 years following a first episode psychosis or for a limited period where there may be a possible psychosis.

The team is multidisciplinary, consisting of Peer Support Worker, Physical Health Worker, Mental Health Support Workers, Individual Placement Support Workers, Care coordinators with Occupational Therapy, Nursing or Social work registrations, Administrators, Consultant Psychiatrist, Team Manager, Senior Practitioners, Non Medical Prescribers, Psychologists, Cognitive Behaviour Therapists in Psychosis and many of the team are trained in Family Intervention for Psychosis.

The team act as a resource to a wide range of mental health services, both voluntary and statutory, and primary, secondary and tertiary health organisations.

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

The role includes Care Coordination to provide support to our Service Users and their friends and families. Linking in with the MDT, ensuring support, treatment and interventions are offered within good time, and build relationships with the teams and organisations the EI service works closely with, E.G, Crisis teams, Partnership organisations, Hospital inpatient units etc. In addition there will be opportunities to co-facilitate the service's wellbeing, social and therapy groups.

In addition the successful candidate will take part and lead on the assessments of people referred to our service using the Comprehensive Assessment of an At Risk Mental State, an assessment tool widely used in Early Intervention Teams in the UK.

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSW's are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.

If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.

About us

The Early Intervention Service is part of the Bristol Mental Health Partnership which includes the organisations of Second Step, Off The Record, Missing Link, SARI and Richmond Fellowship in addition to Rethink Mental Health.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate needs to have a current registration with NMC, Social Care England or HCPC.

Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification which provides full information on the skills and experience required for this post.

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

Essential

• Current registration for Mental Health Nurse, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
• Broad base experience of working in mental health, particularly with people with first episode psychosis
• Experience of care coordination
• Relevent training in psychosocial interventions
• Able to mentor students

Desirable

• Trained in Family Intervention Psychosis, Exeter or similar model
• Trained in the comprehensive Assessment of an at risk mental state. (CAARMS)
• Experience of Group Facilitation

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Campbell House

Montague Place, Kingsdown

Bristol

BS6 5UB

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