Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide your mental health expertise working in Primary Care as part of a General Practice team.
This role will be based in North Somerset, Tynesfield Medical Group. The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) facilitates early MH access and support via face to face and telephone appointments.
We are redesigning our community mental health services so that, in future, people receive a personalised, preventative and proactive integrated approach. Primary Care, voluntary services and AWP are working together to provide a one team approach for our local populations and your role as a Mental Health Practitioner is key to the success of this approach.
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 NQSWs 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.
Main duties
You will be working within the surgery and alongside our communities and local authorities with patients and their families making sure that issues such as housing, debt, carer fatigue and addictions are addressed at the same time as mental health problems.
As a Mental Health Practitioner (social worker/occupational therapist/mental health nurse) you will be working with a range of other professionals including GPs and care navigators to combine the existing services and provide a one team approach. Delivering care from GP’s surgeries, this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of local service provision moving forward.
North Somerset PCN & AWP are committed to providing high-quality care for our population and work collaboratively to provide excellent care and reduce the impact of health inequalities across our patient population. We are also committed to being good employers. Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We expect all staff to treat patients and colleagues with dignity and respect.
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