Band 6 Assessor and Coordinator - Bristol
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 assessor/care coordinator in the Bristol Early Intervention for Psychosis Service.
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 Workers, Physical Health Workers, 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 team members are trained in Family Intervention for Psychosis.
The team provides care coordination to individuals presenting with signs of a first episode of psychosis in line with local and national guidelines on Early Intervention, namely the Access and Waiting Time Standards for Early Intervention Services.
The successful candidate will be able to bring relevant skills and experience to the role and will also have opportunities for in-house learning and a wide range of supervisions that the team offers.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate needs to have a current registration with NMC, Social Care England, or HCPC.
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 in a timely manner, and building relationships with the teams and organizations the EI service works closely with, e.g., Crisis teams, Partnership organizations, Hospital inpatient units, etc. There will also be opportunities to co-facilitate the service's wellbeing, social, and therapy groups.
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.
The Early Intervention Service is part of the Bristol Mental Health Partnership which includes the organizations of Second Step, Off The Record, Missing Link, SARI, and Richmond Fellowship in addition to Rethink Mental Health.
BMH is part of Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Trust, which is committed to the wellbeing and support of their staff and provides opportunities for career development and training.
About Us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organization 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-centered approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognize 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 Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable
* Registration in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy.
* Broad-based post-qualification mental health experience, including working with first episode psychosis.
* Appropriate CPD post-qualification in psychosocial interventions.
* Experience of care coordination.
* Trained in CBT or/and family interventions for psychosis.
* Trained in the Comprehensive Assessment of an At Risk Mental State (CAARMS).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£35,392 to £42,618 a year (Pay award pending)
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