Band 6 Specialist Practitioner and Group Facilitator - Bristol


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol, BS4 5BJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	29 Sept 2026

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Summary

This role is focused on providing effective, evidence-based interventions to people with complex emotional needs and personality difficulties, enabling them to meet daily health, social care, and wellbeing needs in line with recovery goals. Key responsibilities include: Conducting support conversationscovering mental state, risk, physical health, social care needs, safeguarding, and capacity under the Mental Capacity Act. Reviewing treatment programmes, incorporating psychological therapies (DBTi, MBTi), psychosocial interventions (Peer Support and Psych Education), considering people's motivation to change. Acting as care keyworker for service users with the most complex needs, while also supporting individuals on other caseloads. Delivering interventions to improve carers ability to support service users. Building hope-inspiring relationships with service users, focusing on strengths and aspirations to create meaningful recovery plans. Leading and supporting colleagues in clinical practice, mentoring students, and contributing to professional development. Ensuring compliance with safeguarding, confidentiality, infection control, and health and safety policies. Promoting Sequoias ethos of community, resilience, and inclusion, inspired by the Sequoia trees symbolism of strength and growth. Supporting service development through co-production, service user participation, and feedback mechanisms 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.

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