Band 7 Senior Practitioner Early Intervention - South Glos

Job Overview

The post holder will lead and inspire the team to deliver a high-quality and effective service for service users and carers. Working in partnership with the Team Manager and other senior practitioners, they will ensure excellent clinical access and compliance with waiting time standards for early intervention services are maintained within the team. Effective caseload management and clinical supervision will be supported by robust and efficient individual and team supervision processes, all within the overarching framework of Personal Wellbeing Plans, under the "Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan" approach. The role may require working extended hours and deputising for the Team Manager when necessary.

NOTE: This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Trust policy, all newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of the advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within two years of employment.

Main Duties of the Job

• To lead and inspire the team to deliver a high-quality and effective recovery service for service users and carers.
• To provide clinical leadership to ensure that, where appropriate, the service works effectively alongside other services to manage safety and prevent hospital admissions for service users with the most complex and acute needs.
• To undertake and support the specialist, ongoing assessment of physiological and/or psychological functioning for service users with the most complex health and wellbeing needs.
• To be responsible for, both individually and within the team, the development, delivery, and review of comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice—including strategies to manage safety for service users with complex needs and their carers.

Working for Our Organisation

We are [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] ([Employer hidden — sign up to reveal])—a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We deliver 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 parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Within your sphere of expertise and advanced practice, you will be responsible for providing keyworker support to a small number of service users, as well as delivering defined interventions to individuals on other workers’ caseloads. You will plan, deliver, and evaluate advanced specialist therapeutic interventions within your area of expertise, including family interventions, CBT/CBI, and medication management. You will oversee and deliver a range of defined activities and interventions aimed at improving carers’ ability to support service users. In partnership with the team manager, you will lead the development and maintenance of excellent clinical standards and effective caseload supervision. You will support the team manager in meeting national quality standards for Early Intervention Access and Waiting Time Standards. You will provide training within the team as appropriate. You will oversee and ensure the implementation of effective safety management plans. In collaboration with service users, carers, and family members, you will facilitate the development of complex crisis plans, rapid access plans, and advance statements. You will develop and maintain strong partnership working with other services.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN, registered with the NMC), Social Worker (registered with SWE), or Occupational Therapist (registered with the HCPC).
• Trained in the use of the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS).
• Substantial post-registration experience working in front-line services, conducting assessments and delivering therapeutic interventions, including in the most complex clinical cases.
• Experience in providing clinical supervision to colleagues.
• Exceptional knowledge and understanding of Access and Waiting Time Standards for Early Intervention services.
• Experience in mentoring and assessing students and learners.

Desirable Criteria

• Formal postgraduate diploma-level qualification in a relevant field, such as Non-Medical Prescribing, Clinical Leadership, Family Interventions for Psychosis, CBT, or Brief Therapy.
• Experience in managing others.

Additional Information

This post is only open to internal applicants. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check. This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications.

For further details or informal visits, contact Lewis Storey, Team Manager, at [contact hidden] or [contact hidden].