Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 CEN Practitioner - Bristol
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Job Opportunity: CEN Practitioner
About the Role
A permanent full-time job opportunity has become available for a CEN Practitioner within the North Bristol area of the BNSSG Wide Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) Team. We are a co-produced team who work within the BNSSG area and our core aim is to improve the quality of lives of service users who experience mental health difficulties associated with Complex Emotional Needs.
Responsibilities
- Deliver Structured Clinical Management (SCM) to a caseload of up to 10 service users under the Recovery Teams.
- Co-facilitate the Problem Solving Group (PSG) with an aim to become Lead facilitator.
- Work alongside the Senior Practitioner in the Complex Emotional Needs Team to increase access to evidence based interventions, monitor and improve the quality of relational care provided.
- Carry out post-group reviews and support thoughtful discharge planning.
- Take part in service improvement and development in the area of Complex Emotional Needs for North Bristol.
- Attend and positively engage with BNSSG Wide CEN team meetings, line management, clinical supervisions, appraisal, reflective practice and CPD meetings.
- Co-deliver regular training as part of the BNSSG Wide CEN Service and at times across the Trust for CEN awareness.
- To have an interest in the evidence-based treatments of DBT or MBT and if needed be considered for training in either if required.
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Requirements
We are looking for a qualified and registered healthcare professional or a qualified clinical associate psychologist to join our team to deliver care, treatment and service improvements for people seeking support for Complex Emotional Needs. This role supports the North Bristol Recovery Teams in delivering quality relational work for this client group and includes running Group Interventions within the Structured Clinical Management evidence-based treatment programme.
- Require a committed, compassionate, proactive and enthusiastic individual, with previously acquired skills and knowledge in working effectively alongside people with difficulties associated with Complex Emotional Needs.
- Need to be reliable and offer a consistent and attuned relational clinical stance.
Right to Work in the UK
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
About Us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
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We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.
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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ceri Evans
- Job title: BNSSG Senior Practitioner- North Bristol
- Email address: cerievans4@nhs.net
Visits are encouraged
Additional contact
- BNSSG CEN Service Lead
- Fiona Williams
- Email address: fiona.williams47@nhs.net
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