Job overview
Sequoia provides holistic support for people with Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) and mental health difficulties associated with Personality Disorders, across BNSSG.
The service promotes wellness and safety and will continue to grow to meet the needs of those within our community (please see key local information for further details).
We are looking for a Band 6 Practitioner who can deliver group interventions. Sequoia is a new service for people with Complex Emotional Needs and Personality Difficulties. The successful applicant will be joining the existing team to build the service further. There is a website in development, but in the meantime, if you would like more information please feel free to contact us.
Diversity makes us stronger; we encourage applicants from a broad range of backgrounds. We are building a team that is diverse in all areas and communities; we will employ people who those communities can identify with. We will employ people with ‘lived experience’ of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities. We think about intersectionality both to understand our service user group and to inform our staffing model.
Main duties of the job
The vision for Sequoia is the product of an innovative collaboration between Experts by Experience, Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust (AWP), Voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSE), and the Integrated Care Board (ICB) within Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).
The successful applicant will help to strengthen the service within AWP in collaboration with VCSE partners. The team is inclusive, recovery-focused, highly motivated, and holds the needs of the people of BNSSG at the center of all that they do. They will work across primary and secondary care services and develop strong relationships with colleagues. They will support the development of the new service and bring creativity and innovative thinking.
Co-production between the multi-disciplinary team and experts by experience is at the heart of the organizations in service planning, delivery, and review; with paid lived experience roles in varying levels of seniority within the team.
Once the service is up and running, the Band 6 Practitioner will primarily be delivering DBT and MBT informed interventions in a group setting. These groups will be both online and in person, depending on the needs of the population. The role also involves triaging referrals, leading on support conversations (assessments), and post-group reviews, as well as being involved in other group work and delivering training.
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