Band 6 Specialist Recovery Practitioner - Bristol

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Specialist Recovery Practitioners with the North Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team.

We are a welcoming and supportive team based in The Greenway Centre. We cover the Northern area of Bristol localities and support a diverse local population presenting with complex mental health and social care needs.

We are looking for a Specialist Recovery Practitioner with a passion for delivering high quality recovery focused interventions in a community setting.

We can consider applicants for both full time (37.5hrs) and part time positions.

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with trust policy, all newly qualified social workers 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 agreed to extend this for a further 2 years.

On successful completion of the ASYE, for which you will be given full support of an experienced Social Worker as well as Divisional Social Work Lead, and peer support from other ASYE candidates, you will then be eligible to progress to a Band 6 position.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will focus on high quality assessment of service users and delivery of focused recovery based interventions. You will be required to contribute towards the planning, implementation and review of care alongside a multi-disciplinary team.

Applicants will have a commitment to working with service users creatively towards their identified recovery goals and to promote choice and self-management.

All Specialist Recovery Practitioners may at times be required to undertake both assessment and care coordination dependant on the needs of the team.

You can expect to receive excellent supervision and there will be opportunities for career development and training in order to support you in this role.

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.

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

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

342-BR182-1125

Job locations

The Greenway Centre

Doncaster Road

Bristol

BS10 5PY