Band 6 Specialist Practitioner ROSE - Bristol

Job summary

The South Gloucestershire Recovery Outreach Service & Engagement (ROSE) Team is seeking an experienced and motivated Band 6 Specialist ROSE Practitioner - Care Coordinator to join a dynamic, psychologically informed service dedicated to supporting adults with complex mental health needs.

As part of the South Gloucestershire Recovery Team, you will work with individuals who are hard to engage, have high hospital admission rates, and experience severe and enduring mental illness. With a capped caseload of 15, you will have the opportunity to deliver flexible, creative, and person-centred interventions that improve service users' quality of life.

You will join a friendly, experienced, and supportive team committed to recovery-focused, holistic care and led by a Senior Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

Deliver assertive outreach and enhanced engagement interventions to individuals with complex mental health needs.

Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments using tools such as the Cluster Allocation Support Tool (CAST), Recovery Star, and KGV.

Act as a care Keyworker for complex cases and deliver defined therapeutic interventions, including:

CBT, DBT-informed work, and other psychological therapies.

Psychosocial and motivational strategies.

Medication management and physical health support.

Interventions under the Mental Health Act.

Build and maintain effective therapeutic relationships, promoting recovery and social inclusion.

Work collaboratively with families, carers, and multidisciplinary partners, including primary care, inpatient teams, and voluntary services.

Support the development of Personal well being plans, crisis and contingency plans with service users and stakeholders.

Lead, supervise, and mentor other staff and students in the team, contributing to service development and best practice.

Maintain accurate, timely electronic health records and ensure performance and safeguarding standards are met.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide 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 in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

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.

Details

Date posted

19 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-SGLOS063-1125

Job locations

Kingswood Civic Centre

High Street, Kingswood,

Bristol

BS15 9TR