Job 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 mental health 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 personalized, 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 initially be recruited at Band 5, regardless of the 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 appointed to a Band 6 role, this will be an automatic progression following successful ASYE completion. If appointed to a Band 5 post, you will be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.
Main duties of the job
You will work within the surgery and alongside our communities and local authorities with patients and their families, ensuring issues such as housing, debt, carer fatigue, and addictions are addressed alongside mental health problems.
As a Mental Health Practitioner (social worker/occupational therapist/mental health nurse), you will collaborate with professionals including GPs and care navigators to combine existing services and provide a one-team approach. Delivering care from GP surgeries, this role offers an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of local service provision.
North Somerset PCN & AWP are committed to providing high-quality care and working collaboratively to reduce health inequalities. We are dedicated to being good employers, promoting diversity and equality of opportunity. All staff are expected to treat patients and colleagues with dignity and respect.
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