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<p><strong>We are looking for an experienced and passionate Service Manager&nbsp;to manage and lead our Bristol Men’s Crisis House, Avonmouth.</strong></p><p><strong>Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values.</strong></p><p><strong>JOIN THE TEAM! </strong></p><p>1 x Full-time post available – 35 hours per week</p><p>This is an exciting opportunity to lead and manage our Men’s Crisis House in Bristol. We believe in a person-centred approach and the involvement of individuals in all aspects of their support.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>About the Bristol Men’s Crisis House</strong></p><p>The Bristol Men’s Crisis House is a warm and supportive 10-bed home based at Bradford Lodge in Avonmouth. We’re here for men who have recently been through a mental health crisis—whether they’ve just left hospital or are finding it difficult to stay safe where they currently live. Our house offers a calm, safe environment where residents can take time to stabilise and focus on their wellbeing. We provide therapeutic support to help each person feel ready and confident to return home. Stays are usually up to 10 days, although men who are of no fixed abode (NFA) may stay a little longer if needed.</p><ul>	<li>We’re a non-CQC registered service.</li>	<li>Our team is here day and night, 24/7, every day of the year.</li>	<li>The service is run by Rethink Mental Illness, working closely with AWP, who handle all referrals through their Crisis Teams.</li></ul><p><strong>How you will make a difference:</strong></p><p><strong>Staffing, Leadership &amp; Oversight</strong></p><ul>	<li>I will ensure that staff have the correct guidance and support to fulfil their roles and will ensure that a monthly 24/7 rota ensures enough staffing capacity to deliver effective support.</li></ul><p><strong>Quality of Support &amp; Environment</strong></p><ul>	<li>I will ensure that a high standard of support is embedded within the service and will promote and support an inclusive environment.</li>	<li>I will ensure that high quality support planning, risk management, outcomes measurements are in place for all residents in the service at all times.</li></ul><p><strong>Referrals &amp; Risk Management</strong></p><ul>	<li>I will review all referrals into the service and ensure these are appropriate for the service remit and that risks are manageable during the residents stay. I will ensure that all referral documentation is received.</li></ul><p><strong>Partnership &amp; Multi-Agency Working</strong></p><ul>	<li>I will work closely with AWP Crisis Teams and ensure highly effective working relationships are in place at a management and front line level to ensure the crisis house provides the right standard of support to residents using a multi-agency approach.</li></ul><p><strong>Activities &amp; Resident Engagement</strong></p><ul>	<li>I will ensure activities offered to residents in the house and externally are varied and meet residents needs and demand and are within agreed budgets.</li></ul><p><strong>Incident Management &amp; Learning</strong></p><ul>	<li>I will manage and review all incidents and severe untoward incidents that occur at the crisis house ensuring that learning is adopted and shared as needed with AWP and the commissioners. I will support joint investigations with AWP where relevant following the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).</li></ul><p><strong>Essential skills and experience required:</strong></p><ul>	<li>Recognised housing related qualification or equivalent relevant housing experience</li>	<li>Experience in a comparable role of management, preferably in housing, social services, residential care or supported housing.</li>	<li>Experience and knowledge of enhanced housing benefit, housing management, related legislation, letting procedures and <a href="http://www.info4local.gov.uk/subjects/housing/" target="_blank">Local Authority guidelines</a></li>	<li>Ability to identify support goals and evaluate progress.</li>	<li>Knowledge of risk assessments and ability to identify potential risks and how to manage risks.</li>	<li>Understanding of housing management, law, policy and best practice</li>	<li>Ability to motivate people and achieve positive outcomes</li>	<li>Ability to communicate effectively at different levels</li>	<li>Knowledge of housing needs / barriers faced by people who experience mental ill health.&nbsp;</li>	<li>Excellent communication and literacy skills, able to produce clear, concise reports, correspondence and notes</li>	<li>Competent in the use of IT systems including Microsoft applications, email and internet.</li>	<li>Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the values of the Charity</li></ul><p><strong>Who are we?</strong> &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”  &nbsp;</p><p>It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.  &nbsp;</p><p><strong><em>Diversity, Equity, Inclusion&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><em>Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.</em> <em>&nbsp;We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues.&nbsp;We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status</em> <em>and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background&nbsp;- regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.</em></p><p><strong><em>Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><em>We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider -</em> <em>and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our</em> <a href="https://www.rethink.org/aboutus/who-we-are/becoming-an-anti-racist-organisation/anti-racism-statement/" target="_blank"><em>anti-racist statement</em></a> <em>.</em> <em>We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our</em> <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/0630dbfe-57ad-47ef-a5be-a374ab206e3c" target="_blank"><em>Race Equality Action Plan</em></a> <em>which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.rethink.org/aboutus/who-we-are/becoming-an-anti-racist-organisation/" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p>We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Please see further details on our <a href="https://www.rethink.org/" target="_blank">website</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>You can also follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RethinkCharity/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/Rethink_" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="mailto:Rethink%20Mental%20Illness%20(@rethinkmentalillness)%20%E2%80%A2%20Instagram%20photos%20and%20videos" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/rethink-mental-illness/mycompany/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> to find out more about the work we do!&nbsp;</p><p>If you have any questions about the position, please contact - <a href="mailto:recruitment@rethink.org" target="_blank">recruitment@rethink.org</a>&nbsp;</p><p>IND1</p>

Rethink Mental Illness

Service Manager

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Priory Hospital Bristol is looking to recruit a Registered Psychologist within the Private Outpatients and Inpatients service. The role is part time role working 22.5 hours per week.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. As a Psychologist, you will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patientsYou will also;</p><ul> <li>Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy for both private outpatient services and the hospitals private inpatient ward.</li> <li>Work autonomously within professional guidelines, ensuring high standards of clinical governance.</li> <li>Administer psychometric tests and evidence-based assessments as clinically indicated.</li> <li>Deliver individual and group therapy sessions as part of a dedicated, multidisciplinary team.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Psychotherapists to deliver comprehensive mental health care.</li></ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Our work is rewarding but can be challenging, so resilience is key. No two days are the same! Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows.To be considered for this role, you must hold current HCPC registration and have prior experience working in outpatient mental health services. Ideally, you will also feel confident supporting both young people and adults, bringing flexibility and sensitivity to meet a range of client needs.To discuss the role further please contact 0117 952 5255.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>05 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
  
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      £28,950 to £34,950 a year
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <p>E0358-25-0031Bristol</p>
  

  
    
      
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        <p>The Priory Hospital Bristol</p>
      
      <p>Heath House Lane</p>
      <p>Stapleton</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS16 1EQ</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For more information, please see the following link <a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/postings/99d5e656-656a-4e76-8ea9-09345994fa6b" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/postings/99d5e656-656a-4e76-8ea9-09345994f…</a></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>For more information, please see the following link <a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/postings/99d5e656-656a-4e76-8ea9-09345994fa6b" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/postings/99d5e656-656a-4e76-8ea9-09345994f…</a></p>
    
  


      
  
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
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      <p>The Priory Hospital Bristol</p>
      
      <p>Heath House Lane</p>
      <p>Stapleton</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS16 1EQ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
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          <p>The Priory Hospital Bristol</p>
          
          <p>Heath House Lane</p>
          <p>Stapleton</p>
          <p>Bristol</p>
                    <p>BS16 1EQ</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Registered Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Do you bring passion and commitment to delivering high-quality care? Do you understand the clinical needs of people with learning disabilities and autistic people? If you are prepared to deliver evidence-based change to implement clinical service delivery, this role offers a rare and exciting career opportunity to be part of our new service implementation.</p> <p>We are looking for an exceptional <strong>Clinical Associate Psychologist</strong> to join our new specialist acute inpatient service for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.</p> <p>You will be joining a passionate and supportive team of Clinical Psychologists and Psychotherapists who can offer supervision, support, and professional development.</p> <p>To apply for this position, you must have completed the <strong>British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme</strong> in a relevant specialism.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychological assessment, formulation and intervention within the inpatient serviceThis will include the delivery of specialist individual, group and systemic interventions, as well as providing consultation, interventions and training for carers and staff. To make significant contributions to service design, audit and research  To work closely with local universities, including maintaining direct links with the local Doctoral Programme for Clinical Psychology.  <strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):</strong>a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.</p> <p>We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&amp;NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>08 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £38,682 to £46,580 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <p>342-SS173-1225</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Blackberry Hill Hospital</p>
      <p>Manor Road</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS16 2EW</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To act as an independent and semi-autonomous practitioner with freedom to act as the role requires</p> <p>To carry a defined caseload of people receiving specific psychological interventions and act as key worker for them as appropriate</p> <p>To undertake specialised psychological assessment and formulation</p> <p>To work with complex clients as routine if appropriate to the service, with highly complex clients discussed with clinical supervisors, psychologists or line managers</p> <p>To communicate clearly and empathetically with clients, families and carers</p> <p>To communicate formulations and information professionally, sensitively and diplomatically, often in highly emotive situations, to clients, relatives, carers and other healthcare professionals</p> <p>To communicate confidential and highly complex personal information concerning psychological needs, obtained through assessments and interventions, to referring agents and to the client themselves</p> <p>To ensure that risk is assessed and managed in line with Trust policies and procedures</p> <p>To provide evidence-based psychologically informed interventions (individual and group), such as CBT or third-wave CBT interventions, as appropriate to your skills and training</p> <p>To maintain high-quality clinical records in accordance with Trust policy and procedures</p> <p>To offer reflective practice and system support to the MDT and colleagues as appropriate</p> <p>To inform and support families and carers as appropriate to the role</p> <p>To follow a person-focused and evidence-based approach</p> <p>To work in partnership with service users</p> <p>To work in a variety of settings, including the clients own home in the community, hospital, or any setting where their needs are supported and managed</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To act as an independent and semi-autonomous practitioner with freedom to act as the role requires</p> <p>To carry a defined caseload of people receiving specific psychological interventions and act as key worker for them as appropriate</p> <p>To undertake specialised psychological assessment and formulation</p> <p>To work with complex clients as routine if appropriate to the service, with highly complex clients discussed with clinical supervisors, psychologists or line managers</p> <p>To communicate clearly and empathetically with clients, families and carers</p> <p>To communicate formulations and information professionally, sensitively and diplomatically, often in highly emotive situations, to clients, relatives, carers and other healthcare professionals</p> <p>To communicate confidential and highly complex personal information concerning psychological needs, obtained through assessments and interventions, to referring agents and to the client themselves</p> <p>To ensure that risk is assessed and managed in line with Trust policies and procedures</p> <p>To provide evidence-based psychologically informed interventions (individual and group), such as CBT or third-wave CBT interventions, as appropriate to your skills and training</p> <p>To maintain high-quality clinical records in accordance with Trust policy and procedures</p> <p>To offer reflective practice and system support to the MDT and colleagues as appropriate</p> <p>To inform and support families and carers as appropriate to the role</p> <p>To follow a person-focused and evidence-based approach</p> <p>To work in partnership with service users</p> <p>To work in a variety of settings, including the clients own home in the community, hospital, or any setting where their needs are supported and managed</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Degree in Psychology or BPS accredited conversion course (with Graduate basis for registration)</li>
        
        <li>Professional qualification as a Clinical Associate in Psychology, and successful completion of the end point assessment on Clinical Associate Psychologist Apprenticeship (Masters CAP course)</li>
        
        <li>BPS registration as an accredited CAP (or be in process of applying for CAP accreditation with BPS)</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working as a trainee, apprentice or qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist within the specific clinical area of practice</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with complex mental health problems</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of the range of presentations within the relevant area of practice and of the common multi-disciplinary services offered</li>
        
        <li>Personal resilience to frequently work with distress of others and potentially upsetting subject matter</li>
        
        <li>Compassionate, open minded, treats colleagues, patients and cares and relatives with dignity and respect. Act in ways that support equality and diversity and non discriminatory practice</li>
        
        <li>Excellent communications skills, both verbally and written, including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems. Ability to communicate diplomatically, confidently, empathetically</li>
        
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          <li>Further training in a specific model of Psychological intervention</li>
          
          <li>Experience of offering group treatments</li>
          
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          <li>Degree in Psychology or BPS accredited conversion course (with Graduate basis for registration)</li>
          
          <li>Professional qualification as a Clinical Associate in Psychology, and successful completion of the end point assessment on Clinical Associate Psychologist Apprenticeship (Masters CAP course)</li>
          
          <li>BPS registration as an accredited CAP (or be in process of applying for CAP accreditation with BPS)</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working as a trainee, apprentice or qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist within the specific clinical area of practice</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with complex mental health problems</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of the range of presentations within the relevant area of practice and of the common multi-disciplinary services offered</li>
          
          <li>Personal resilience to frequently work with distress of others and potentially upsetting subject matter</li>
          
          <li>Compassionate, open minded, treats colleagues, patients and cares and relatives with dignity and respect. Act in ways that support equality and diversity and non discriminatory practice</li>
          
          <li>Excellent communications skills, both verbally and written, including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems. Ability to communicate diplomatically, confidently, empathetically</li>
          
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            <li>Further training in a specific model of Psychological intervention</li>
            
            <li>Experience of offering group treatments</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Blackberry Hill Hospital</p>
      <p>Manor Road</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS16 2EW</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Blackberry Hill Hospital</p>
          <p>Manor Road</p>
          <p>Bristol</p>
                    <p>BS16 2EW</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Band 6 Clinical Associate Psychology - Bristol

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for a CBT Therapist to join our Priory Hospital Bristol and Bristol Park Clinic on a full time basis working 37.5 hours per week.This is a hybrid role so will require you to live close to the hospital/clinic to be able to attend face to face appointments.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. You will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patientsYou will also;</p><ul> <li>Provide CBT-based assessment, formulation and treatment for people experiencing mental health difficulties.</li> <li>Undertake and manage clinical assessment loads.</li> <li>Attend monthly clinical supervision to develop knowledge, skills and promote access to clinical excellence.</li> <li>Ensure high levels of clinical governance, including all documentation as required by the service.</li></ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Priory Hospital Bristol is one of the UK's leading centres for the treatment of individuals, families and couples facing a wide range of psychiatric conditions.</p><p>Bristol Park Clinic provides fast access to expert outpatient treatment for a range of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, stress and personality disorders.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>05 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £50,182 a year
      
    </p>
  
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>E0358-25-0033</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>The Priory Hospital Bristol</p>
      
      <p>Heath House Lane</p>
      <p>Stapleton</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS16 1EQ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Our work is rewarding but can be challenging, so resilience is key. No two days are the same! Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows.You should hold a doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology with BABCP accreditation or be working towards it, or be a registered health professional with BABCP accreditation. You must have assessed experience working as a qualified CBT therapist or experience delivering CBT treatment within a mental health setting. Additionally, you should be capable of delivering interventions to a wide range of clients.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Our work is rewarding but can be challenging, so resilience is key. No two days are the same! Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows.You should hold a doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology with BABCP accreditation or be working towards it, or be a registered health professional with BABCP accreditation. You must have assessed experience working as a qualified CBT therapist or experience delivering CBT treatment within a mental health setting. Additionally, you should be capable of delivering interventions to a wide range of clients.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>You should hold a doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology with BABCP accreditation or be working towards it, or be a registered health professional with BABCP accreditation. You must have assessed experience working as a qualified CBT therapist or experience delivering CBT treatment within a mental health setting. Additionally, you should be capable of delivering interventions to a wide range of clients.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>You should hold a doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology with BABCP accreditation or be working towards it, or be a registered health professional with BABCP accreditation. You must have assessed experience working as a qualified CBT therapist or experience delivering CBT treatment within a mental health setting. Additionally, you should be capable of delivering interventions to a wide range of clients.</li>
          
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Priory Hospital Bristol</p>
      
      <p>Heath House Lane</p>
      <p>Stapleton</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS16 1EQ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Priory Hospital Bristol</p>
          
          <p>Heath House Lane</p>
          <p>Stapleton</p>
          <p>Bristol</p>
                    <p>BS16 1EQ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

CBT Therapist Hybrid

Band 8a Psychological Therapies Trainer - Bristol

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist passionate about working with complex presentations to join our diverse, dynamic team of skilled practitioners in South Bristol. You would offer evidence based approaches to work with service users and excellent supervision and training for Support and Recovery staff, as well as colleagues.</p> <p>The Complex Psychological Interventions Team (CPI), are part of Bristol Mental Health. CPI offers a range of activities to support psychologically informed care within the secondary mental health service. CPI has a strong presence in the Support and Recovery and the Crisis Teams. We have a unique identity as a group of highly skilled and respected professionals who liaise with senior Bristol management and meet monthly city - wide.</p> <p>CPI is comprised of multidisciplinary professions and provide a range of services both direct to clients, and indirect supportive functions with staff teams. These are designed to enhance the interventions delivered by teams, as well as contributing to the resilience and well-being of staff.</p> <p>The South Bristol Recovery Team are a compassionate, busy, diverse and forward thinking group of mental health practitioners who work in an area of high deprivation and need.</p> <p>We are keen to continue to develop the excellence of our staff with further training, research and development opportunities. We have good links with local Universities and the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology courses.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation, alongside staff training, supervision, consultation, advice and support to the South Bristol Recovery team. You will also provide clinical and/or management supervision to more junior CPI staff, placements to Clinical/Counselling Psychology trainees and engage in service development work as appropriate.</p> <p>To work within the Assessment &amp; Recovery Services, it is essential for you to have experience of delivering therapy to this client group, and to have been trained in NICE guideline interventions (e.g. DBT, CBT, Family Interventions, CAT, MBT etc). You will need excellent interpersonal skills to support the development of psychological thinking and intervention within multidisciplinary teams. Experience of delivering supervision and training would be essential.</p> <p>We would be especially interested in candidates with experience of supervision and management of Complex Trauma within secondary settings.</p> <p>We also plan this post to include the CPI Service User Involvement lead role. This entails working with a CPI colleague to co-facilitate our monthly CPI Service User Reference group.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p> <p>We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&amp;NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>342-BR190-1225</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Petherton Resource Centre</p>
      <p>Petherton Road</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS13 9BP</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>1.  To offer a highly specialist and entirely autonomous systematic Complex Psychological Intervention service in specified lead areas.</p>
<p>2.  To provide an advanced and specialist assessment and treatment role in the South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team, using relevant CPD qualifications for clients presenting with high levels of distress/emotion/ behavioural disturbance.</p>
<p>3.  To offer regular Clinical supervision (both individual and group) to peers, trainees and other professionals from the locality and other parts of the service.</p>
<p>4.  To undertake regular teaching, as appropriate, in psychological approaches to healthcare to trainees, team members and associate CPI practitioners.</p>
<p>5.  To plan and implement service developments regarding specialist areas of skill linked to service priorities in collaboration with the Director of the CPI service and local clinical managers (e.g. collaborating with colleagues in developing a strategy for the development of an identified service area).</p>
<p>6.  To develop specialist lead roles for the CPI. In this post we are especially wishing for a CPI Service User Involvement lead. This will entail working with a CPI colleague to co-facilitate our monthly CPI Service User Reference group.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>1.  To offer a highly specialist and entirely autonomous systematic Complex Psychological Intervention service in specified lead areas.</p>
<p>2.  To provide an advanced and specialist assessment and treatment role in the South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team, using relevant CPD qualifications for clients presenting with high levels of distress/emotion/ behavioural disturbance.</p>
<p>3.  To offer regular Clinical supervision (both individual and group) to peers, trainees and other professionals from the locality and other parts of the service.</p>
<p>4.  To undertake regular teaching, as appropriate, in psychological approaches to healthcare to trainees, team members and associate CPI practitioners.</p>
<p>5.  To plan and implement service developments regarding specialist areas of skill linked to service priorities in collaboration with the Director of the CPI service and local clinical managers (e.g. collaborating with colleagues in developing a strategy for the development of an identified service area).</p>
<p>6.  To develop specialist lead roles for the CPI. In this post we are especially wishing for a CPI Service User Involvement lead. This will entail working with a CPI colleague to co-facilitate our monthly CPI Service User Reference group.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology</li>
        
        <li>HCPC registration</li>
        
        <li>Relevant Specialist CPD qualification (CBT, DBT, CAT, Systemic Family approaches, MBT, etc)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Completion of CBTp Training</li>
          
          <li>Completion of Post-qualification training in supervision</li>
          
          <li>Completion of a second evidence based post qualification therapy training</li>
          
          <li>Training in Neuro-psychological Assessment</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of using highly specialist therapeutic interventions within Secondary services  AMH client group using relevant CPD qualifications</li>
        
        <li>Substantial Clinical Supervision experience with colleagues and Trainees</li>
        
        <li>Substantial Clinical Supervision experience with other professions, both in formal groups and individually</li>
        
        <li>Substantial Teaching/Training experience with psychologists and other professions</li>
        
        <li>R&amp;D / clinical audit experience relevant to role</li>
        
        <li>Experience of Service development/project work</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a diverse population and the ability to consider issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access to CPI services.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage high levels of distress/emotion/behavioural disturbance in others and sustain professional practice in adverse situations</li>
        
        <li>Well organised with good administration skills</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of appropriate self - reflection in application</li>
          
          <li>Experience and passion for Co-production and Service User involvement</li>
          
          <li>Publishing and disseminating research findings and ideas at a professional level</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology</li>
          
          <li>HCPC registration</li>
          
          <li>Relevant Specialist CPD qualification (CBT, DBT, CAT, Systemic Family approaches, MBT, etc)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Completion of CBTp Training</li>
            
            <li>Completion of Post-qualification training in supervision</li>
            
            <li>Completion of a second evidence based post qualification therapy training</li>
            
            <li>Training in Neuro-psychological Assessment</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of using highly specialist therapeutic interventions within Secondary services  AMH client group using relevant CPD qualifications</li>
          
          <li>Substantial Clinical Supervision experience with colleagues and Trainees</li>
          
          <li>Substantial Clinical Supervision experience with other professions, both in formal groups and individually</li>
          
          <li>Substantial Teaching/Training experience with psychologists and other professions</li>
          
          <li>R&amp;D / clinical audit experience relevant to role</li>
          
          <li>Experience of Service development/project work</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a diverse population and the ability to consider issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access to CPI services.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage high levels of distress/emotion/behavioural disturbance in others and sustain professional practice in adverse situations</li>
          
          <li>Well organised with good administration skills</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Evidence of appropriate self - reflection in application</li>
            
            <li>Experience and passion for Co-production and Service User involvement</li>
            
            <li>Publishing and disseminating research findings and ideas at a professional level</li>
            
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
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    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
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        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Petherton Resource Centre</p>
      <p>Petherton Road</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS13 9BP</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Petherton Resource Centre</p>
          <p>Petherton Road</p>
          <p>Bristol</p>
                    <p>BS13 9BP</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Bristol

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) service is an exciting initiative in the Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) commissioning area. It is part of the Government's response to the 2017 Green Paper to increase access to mental health support by delivering evidence-based early interventions in educational settings for children and young people (CYP) presenting with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.</p> <p>The post holder will work as an autonomous and responsible EMHP while also offering supervision within the scope of the MHST initiative.</p> <p>The post holder will work in partnership with schools to deliver a range of mental health interventions within school settings. This may involve group work or direct work with children and young people, as well as offering mental health-based consultation and advice to teaching staff.</p> <p>The post holder will ensure the effective coordination of clinical care provided within schools, including consideration of safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.</p> <p>The post holder will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision and caseload management to trainee and qualified EMHPs.</p> <p>The post holder will be responsible for clinical skills supervision and caseload management supervision of EMHPs within the MHST.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p><strong>Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention:</strong></p>
<p>Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting inwhich the post-holder is working.</p>
<p>Facilitate fair access to services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.</p>
<p><strong>Supervision:</strong></p>
<p>Deliver clinical supervision to supervisee's on a scheduled basis to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the MHST service are adhered to.</p>
<p><strong>Effort and Health &amp; Safety Factors:</strong></p>
<p>Working with service users in distress and who on occasion may have used coping strategies such as self-harm, or present as hostile, confused and have difficulty communicating and as a result may pose risks to themselves or the safety of others.</p>
<p>Frequent driving and working across multiple sites to deliver interventions and attend to administrative tasks. There is an expectation to work mainly out of allocated schools but the post holder must be prepared to attend satellite sites, our main office and some home working.</p>
<p><strong>Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):</strong>a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.</p> <p>We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&amp;NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>05 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £38,682 to £46,580 a year
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>342-CAMHS158-1225</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>2 Horfield Road</p>
      <p>St Michael's Hill</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS2 8EA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, along with their parents/carers, families, and educators, in the self-management of presenting difficulties.</p>
<p>Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families, and their educators in the development of intervention plans and agreed outcomes.</p>
<p>Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.</p>
<p>Promote participation and engagement of children, young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators.</p>
<p>Actively increase autonomy and the ability of children and young people to make positive changes for themselves and future service users.</p>
<p>Operate at all times from an inclusive values base in line with the core CYPIAPT principles.</p>
<p>Demonstrate the ability to communicate in an empathic and reassuring manner.</p>
<p>Communicate information in a way that is relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.</p>
<p><strong>Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, along with their parents/carers, families, and educators, in the self-management of presenting difficulties.</p>
<p>Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families, and their educators in the development of intervention plans and agreed outcomes.</p>
<p>Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.</p>
<p>Promote participation and engagement of children, young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators.</p>
<p>Actively increase autonomy and the ability of children and young people to make positive changes for themselves and future service users.</p>
<p>Operate at all times from an inclusive values base in line with the core CYPIAPT principles.</p>
<p>Demonstrate the ability to communicate in an empathic and reassuring manner.</p>
<p>Communicate information in a way that is relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.</p>
<p><strong>Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
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          Education &amp; Qualification
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A professional mental health qualification and registration e.g.,  RMN, Social Work Degree or  equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT etc with aLI CBT EMHP qualification</li>
        
        <li>CBT or LI CBT qualification, e.g., CWP, EMHP or PWP who are eligible for BABCP registration. With a LI-CBT Supervisor qualification</li>
        
        <li>Training to level 2 in Safeguarding  Adults and level 3 in Children and  Young People: roles and competencies for Health Care staff</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Two years experience within an MHST</li>
          
          <li>Education qualification &amp; knowledge of the education system in England</li>
          
          <li>Working knowledge of the make-up of the wider health and social care community, including statutory and non-statutory services and experience of multi-agency working</li>
          
          <li>A further relevant degree qualification</li>
          
          <li>Trauma Informed Practice</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience &amp; Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of managing an  extensive caseload and working with  children/young people presenting with a  range of low-moderate mental health  presentations.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising qualified and  trainee EMHP practitioners within an  MHST.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering model based  psychological therapy e.g. CBT</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and multi-agency  environment.</li>
        
        <li>Participation in user involvement in services</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Working within an educational setting  supporting mental health provision.</li>
          
          <li>Mentoring students in line with professional  requirements</li>
          
          <li>Experience delivery training to a diverse  audience.</li>
          
          <li>Working within a community mental health  setting.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of the functional operation of  specialist CAMHS teams</li>
          
          <li>Experience of navigating complex social  systems and environments, who may have  conflicting priorities or agendas</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Excellent communication skills including  the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide  range of mental health presentations</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings</li>
        
        <li>Able to produce well written reports and participate and present information in a group setting</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education &amp; Qualification
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A professional mental health qualification and registration e.g.,  RMN, Social Work Degree or  equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT etc with aLI CBT EMHP qualification</li>
          
          <li>CBT or LI CBT qualification, e.g., CWP, EMHP or PWP who are eligible for BABCP registration. With a LI-CBT Supervisor qualification</li>
          
          <li>Training to level 2 in Safeguarding  Adults and level 3 in Children and  Young People: roles and competencies for Health Care staff</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Two years experience within an MHST</li>
            
            <li>Education qualification &amp; knowledge of the education system in England</li>
            
            <li>Working knowledge of the make-up of the wider health and social care community, including statutory and non-statutory services and experience of multi-agency working</li>
            
            <li>A further relevant degree qualification</li>
            
            <li>Trauma Informed Practice</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience &amp; Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of managing an  extensive caseload and working with  children/young people presenting with a  range of low-moderate mental health  presentations.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising qualified and  trainee EMHP practitioners within an  MHST.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering model based  psychological therapy e.g. CBT</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and multi-agency  environment.</li>
          
          <li>Participation in user involvement in services</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Working within an educational setting  supporting mental health provision.</li>
            
            <li>Mentoring students in line with professional  requirements</li>
            
            <li>Experience delivery training to a diverse  audience.</li>
            
            <li>Working within a community mental health  setting.</li>
            
            <li>Knowledge of the functional operation of  specialist CAMHS teams</li>
            
            <li>Experience of navigating complex social  systems and environments, who may have  conflicting priorities or agendas</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Excellent communication skills including  the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide  range of mental health presentations</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings</li>
          
          <li>Able to produce well written reports and participate and present information in a group setting</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>2 Horfield Road</p>
      <p>St Michael's Hill</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS2 8EA</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>2 Horfield Road</p>
          <p>St Michael's Hill</p>
          <p>Bristol</p>
                    <p>BS2 8EA</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Band 6 Education Mental Health Practitioner and Supervisor - Bristol

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the team at New Horizons Mother and Baby Unit located on the Southmead Hospital site in North Bristol.</p>
<p>New Horizon MBU is a 4 bedded stand alone inpatient unit that provides specialist care and treatment for women suffering from perinatal mental health difficulties. The unit supports women from 32 weeks antenatal and postnatal women with babies up to one year of age. New Horizon MBU particularly supports mothers who are having issues relating to attachment and bonding with their baby and when the mother's mental health is effecting their ability to care for their baby.</p>
<p>Care is provided over a 24 hour period and clinical team members work rotational shift patterns including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.</p>
<p>Sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients. However here at New Horizon MBU we are a very close, compassionate and supportive team that thrive on looking after one another so we can deliver excellent care to the women on our unit.</p>
<p>It is preferable that the applicant has experience working with individuals with mental health difficulties. New Horizons MBU is a specialist service and therefore having baseline knowledge, understanding and experience is highly important.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Clinical work with service users with a range of acute and enduring mental health illnesses, with the main focus of promoting bonding and attachment with their baby. You will be expected to build therapeutic relationships with service users and their loved ones, supporting them through their transition into hospital and throughout. On New Horizons we work closely with children's social care team therefore you will need to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children and young people.</p>
<p>Support complex needs and vulnerable families alongside side the team and other health professionals. Plan and implement safety plans created with patients and their loved ones. Support activities of daily living alongside a child, such as supporting daily walks, home leave, cooking, baby activities.</p>
<p>You will be expected to complete all statutory and mandatory trainings identified by our trust including the prevention and management of violence and aggression, basic resuscitation and paediatric basic resuscitation.</p>
  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p>
<p>We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&amp;NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>08 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 3</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £24,937 to £26,598 a year
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>342-SS174-1225</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Specialised Mother &amp; Baby IP Unit</p>
      <p>Southmead Hospital</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS10 5NB</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To deliver high quality care and recovery interventions for service users within designated clinical areas, in collaboration with, and under the indirect supervision of, registered care staff.</p> <p>These may include:</p> <p>Supporting individuals with fluids and nutrition, physical wellbeing, and personal care. Assisting service users with financial or accommodation issues.</p> <p>Escorting or accompanying service users for planned periods of leave on hospital grounds and in the community facilitating social inclusion.</p> <p>Encouraging service users to talk about their experiences inone-to-one or group discussions.</p> <p>To help maintain a clean, well-organised, safe and therapeutic environment that meets the needs of service users, carers and colleagues, and to support registered care staff to perform standardised environmental assessments to monitor and improve the care setting.</p> <p>To deliver psychosocially-informed one to one and group interventions aiming to positively impact service users cognitive and emotional wellbeing.</p> <p>To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. To assume lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities (e.g. Essence of Care, Safewards and carer engagement) under the supervision of registered staff.</p> <p>To integrate areas of personal interest with clinical practice to enhance the diversity of the teams provision of care.</p> <p>To practise planned care, and to directly participate in the development of recovery-focused interventions that address service users and carers needs and preferences.</p> <p>To proactively review, record and assess the on-going impacts of suchinterventions.</p> <p>To participate in the on-going care planning, CPA and risk assessment processes in collaboration with service users, their carers, and other members of the care team and to contribute to all aspects of clinical record keeping.</p> <p>To maintain a basic working understanding of both the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005), and any other relevant legislation, as required by mandatory and statutory training (MaST).</p> <p>To adhere to AWPs Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners; promoting and embedding it through the delivery of peer support and supervision to junior, temporary and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers.</p> <p>To observe and record interactions with service users and carers both verbally and in writing via clinical records and staff handovers.</p> <p>To deliver a wide range of fundamental care interventions using evidence based clinical tools, to monitor and improve physical health and personal wellbeing and to model a high standard of dignity, respect and candour.</p> <p>To engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical practice.</p> <p>To promote and enhance a positive learning culture, being proactive in the induction, orientation and support of junior, temporary and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers, seeking to embed core care values into practice.</p> <p>As part of your role your clinical opinion, observations and knowledge will be valued as part of ongoing assessment and treatment for our patients, therefore we ensure all staff receive the relevant and most up to date perinatal mental health training.</p> <p>You can expect to receive monthly line management supervision from a qualified member of the team and clinical supervision. We also have team formulation, reflective practice and continuing practice development (CPD) embedded in the practice of the ward.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To deliver high quality care and recovery interventions for service users within designated clinical areas, in collaboration with, and under the indirect supervision of, registered care staff.</p> <p>These may include:</p> <p>Supporting individuals with fluids and nutrition, physical wellbeing, and personal care. Assisting service users with financial or accommodation issues.</p> <p>Escorting or accompanying service users for planned periods of leave on hospital grounds and in the community facilitating social inclusion.</p> <p>Encouraging service users to talk about their experiences inone-to-one or group discussions.</p> <p>To help maintain a clean, well-organised, safe and therapeutic environment that meets the needs of service users, carers and colleagues, and to support registered care staff to perform standardised environmental assessments to monitor and improve the care setting.</p> <p>To deliver psychosocially-informed one to one and group interventions aiming to positively impact service users cognitive and emotional wellbeing.</p> <p>To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. To assume lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities (e.g. Essence of Care, Safewards and carer engagement) under the supervision of registered staff.</p> <p>To integrate areas of personal interest with clinical practice to enhance the diversity of the teams provision of care.</p> <p>To practise planned care, and to directly participate in the development of recovery-focused interventions that address service users and carers needs and preferences.</p> <p>To proactively review, record and assess the on-going impacts of suchinterventions.</p> <p>To participate in the on-going care planning, CPA and risk assessment processes in collaboration with service users, their carers, and other members of the care team and to contribute to all aspects of clinical record keeping.</p> <p>To maintain a basic working understanding of both the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005), and any other relevant legislation, as required by mandatory and statutory training (MaST).</p> <p>To adhere to AWPs Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners; promoting and embedding it through the delivery of peer support and supervision to junior, temporary and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers.</p> <p>To observe and record interactions with service users and carers both verbally and in writing via clinical records and staff handovers.</p> <p>To deliver a wide range of fundamental care interventions using evidence based clinical tools, to monitor and improve physical health and personal wellbeing and to model a high standard of dignity, respect and candour.</p> <p>To engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical practice.</p> <p>To promote and enhance a positive learning culture, being proactive in the induction, orientation and support of junior, temporary and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers, seeking to embed core care values into practice.</p> <p>As part of your role your clinical opinion, observations and knowledge will be valued as part of ongoing assessment and treatment for our patients, therefore we ensure all staff receive the relevant and most up to date perinatal mental health training.</p> <p>You can expect to receive monthly line management supervision from a qualified member of the team and clinical supervision. We also have team formulation, reflective practice and continuing practice development (CPD) embedded in the practice of the ward.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Education &amp; Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of mental health issues</li>
        
        <li>Experience working with a range of mental health issues</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional training in various mental health areas</li>
          
          <li>Experience and/or knowledge of perinatal mental health issues</li>
          
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            Education &amp; Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of mental health issues</li>
          
          <li>Experience working with a range of mental health issues</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional training in various mental health areas</li>
            
            <li>Experience and/or knowledge of perinatal mental health issues</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Specialised Mother &amp; Baby IP Unit</p>
      <p>Southmead Hospital</p>
      <p>Bristol</p>
            <p>BS10 5NB</p>
    
  

  
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        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Specialised Mother &amp; Baby IP Unit</p>
          <p>Southmead Hospital</p>
          <p>Bristol</p>
                    <p>BS10 5NB</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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