Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Drug and Alcohol Practitioner - South West
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Southwest Op Courage Integrated Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
Southwest Op Courage Integrated Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service covers Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Dorset; our operational base is in Weston-super-Mare. The service is one of six national NHS England-commissioned Op Courage services.
About the Service
Op Courage provides a complete pathway and is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team which includes nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, support workers, and operational and administrative staff. This starts with a comprehensive needs-led conversation in line with Your Team, Your Care and Your Plan; it is followed by evidence-based interventions and treatment for a wide range of need and complexity, from the early signs of mental health problems through to complex mental health difficulties and psychological trauma.
The service is delivered via a hybrid working model which entails a mix of homeworking and utilising clinical spaces or hot-desks. Clinical care and interventions are delivered face to face or virtually, in line with patient choice and clinical and/or operational need.
The Role
The post-holder will need to live within the Southwest and cover an agreed area, and will be assigned to their nearest AWP base. The post-holder will also be expected to travel to attend face-to-face Trust training and meetings, which will be within the Op Courage footprint but may be outside their general working area.
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The post-holder will need strong clinical skills in assessment, safety assessment, and safety planning, and the ability to provide therapeutic interventions. They will be expected to operate within legislative frameworks — the Mental Health Act 2007, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Care Act 2014, and other relevant health and social care legislation.
The post-holder will help deliver a defined drug and alcohol service to an allocated caseload of service users, having responsibility for the assessment of needs, and the planning and implementation of treatment and care to meet those needs as agreed with the multidisciplinary team and/or supervisor. They will coordinate care (with supervision) for particular clients and contribute to the evaluation of care across a variety of settings where specialist treatment is available.
Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
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: Kate Purser
- Job title: Service Manager
- Email address: kate.purser@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01380 712258
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