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Band 5 Recovery Practitioner - Speedwell

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Bristol, BS5 7TJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

28 October 2026

9 days left

Job description

We are inviting applications from registered nurses, social workers or occupational therapists to join the Central & East Assessment & Recovery Team b...

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 Recovery Practitioners may at times be required to undertake both assessment and key working 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.

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.

Qualifications, skills, experience

Essential

  • Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, OT, Social Worker
  • Current relevant registration with the NMC/HCPC/SW England and commitment to CPD.
  • Able to manage a complex caseload, undertake frontline assessment, assess and manage risks
  • Demonstrates a developed understanding of the recovery principles and the role of Specialist Recovery Practitioner
  • Experience of community mental health work

Desirable: - Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as DBT, Non Medical Prescribing, CBT; - Experience of supervising junior staff and trainees

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

14 October 2026

Last checked

16 October 2026

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About the employer

AWM
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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