Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Hillview Lodge

Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Hillview Lodge, Bath

Employer:

NHS Jobs

Location:

Bath, BA1 3NG

Pay:

£38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year, £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

07/02/2026

To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, specialist therapeutic interventions as indicated in the assessment process, in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who may be on other caseloads.

This might include:

A. Individual or group therapeutic intervention.

B. Psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches, family interventions

C. Psychosocial interventions

D. Motivational and coping enhancement strategies

E. Medication management

F. Interventions under the Mental Health Act

To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carers ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.

To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within the Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, voluntary sector, and with nominated carers/advocates.

In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements, etc., involving other agencies such as primary care where appropriate.

To personally buildand lead others to buildhope-inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.

To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.

To act as care coordinator for service users as appropriate, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.

Please see the attached

Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

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.

If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful completion.

If you have been appointed to a Band 5 you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy.

Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).