Band 5 Specialist Practitioner (MHWP) – Bath

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

The BANES Early Intervention Team have an opportunity for a band 5 Mental Health wellbeing practitioner to join the team.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will be key worker toservice users who are experiencing first episode psychosis. In addition, you will also deliver brief, goal-focused interventions to selected service users.

You will work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.You will support service users to engage in the Early Intervention model including CBTp, psychoeducation, physical health monitoring, IPS, pharmacology, service user focused community groups and family intervention.

You will need to be passionate and motivated to work with this specific service group and be flexible and committed to engaging in an assertive outreach approach.

Main duties of the job

To jointly assess new referrals to the team for possible psychosis.

To contribute to the development of service user formulation

To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based..

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users

To work withcarers and families in line with the service user’s wishes and to co facilitate family intervention

To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.

To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.

To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention

To adhere and support the teams Key Performance areas and targets and targets

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Qualification as MHWP
  • Evidence of working in suitable mental health field
  • Evidence of motivation and flexibility for learning

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of working with psychosis
  • Knowledge and experience of working within a psychological framework
  • Evidence of multi disciplinary team working
  • Case management knowledge/experience
  • Experience of delivering family work
  • Experience of group facilitation

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 2 August 2026

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