We are a welcoming and supportive team based in Long Fox Unit. We cover the North Somerset locality and support a diverse local population presenting with complex mental health and social care needs. We are looking for a development Band 5-6 Practitioner with a passion for delivering high quality recovery focused interventions in a community setting. This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified nurse, social worker or OT to complete there preceptorships in a supportive environment. We can consider applicants for both full time (37.5hrs) and part time positions. The post holder will focus on high quality assessment of service users and delivery of focused crisis based interventions. You will be required to contribute towards the planning, implementation and review of care alongside a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants will have a commitment to working with service users creatively towards their identified recovery goals and to promote choice and self-management. Once band 6 competencies are achieved, all Specialist Recovery Practitioners may at times be required to undertake both assessment and care coordination dependant on the needs of the team. You can expect to receive excellent supervision and there will be opportunities for career development and training in order to support you in this role. 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. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Ashworth Job title: Team Manager Email address: samantha.ashworth6nhs.net Telephone number: 01934 836497 Graham Evans - 01934 836497