Specialist Recovery Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Job Summary

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, looking for an opportunity to work within community mental health services?

We have a range of opportunities for both experienced band 6 practitioners, or developmental posts for band 5 practitioners, to support the transition to band 6, and would welcome applications from existing Band 6’s and newly qualified band 5’s.

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.

Within Sarum Community Mental Health Team, we believe that supporting colleagues to meet their maximum potential is essential to providing great care.

Main duties of the job

We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of a talented pool of both registered and non-registered mental health professionals.

We have moved away from the use of care programme approach (CPA) and now work with service users and carers under the “your team, your conversation, you plan approach”, which is a strength based, intervention lead model of care, that supports the individual to address their own identified needs. We support the conversation through the use of a personal well-being and safety plan, as well the use of patient related outcome measures (dialogue +)

The duties will depend upon which role you are applying for:

For band 5 applicants the role will involve exposing you to the different pathways of care and include a individualised personal development plan and use of a competency framework supported through supervision, to ensure the successful applicant has the necessary skill and experience to undertake the role of a Specialist Band 6 Practitioner.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

  • Professional Registration for the following occupations or on a relevant university course within the final year; Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in adult mental health
  • Evidence of risk management and developing risk management strategies

Desirable

  • Experience, or placements in a wide variety of settings
  • Actual or previous experience of working in community setting
  • Older Adult Experience/Transferrable Skills
  • Child and Young Person Experience/Transferable Skills

Interventions

Essential

  • Ability to deliver or evidence of ability to work towards delivering a range of therapeutic interventions

Desirable

  • Relevant experience of Learning Disabilities
  • Experience in medication management and clinical interventions
  • Experience of physical health and comorbidities
  • Experience of psychosocial intervention and/or knowledge of these approaches

Communication skills

Essential

  • Highly developed written communication skills
  • Excellent documentation skills and report writing

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 04 May 2026

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