Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Devizes
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“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.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for an autonomous specialist practitioner who will conduct initial mental health assessments and provide supportive conversations for individuals needing secondary mental health services. Working closely with GPs and other organisations, the postholder will ensure timely and effective support. The position requires a creative, solution-focused approach to problem-solving and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining a person-centred approach. Accurate documentation and sound clinical judgment are essential for coordinating appropriate onward care.
Essential criteria
- Experience within community mental health.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Understanding of care pathways.
- Experience of assessments.
- Professional qualification in mental health equivalent to Registered RMN, Registered Social worker or Registered Therapist.
- Current registration with a professional body and commitment to CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Additional relevant training.
- Mobile with the facility to move quickly across a geographically dispersed area with limited access to public transport.
- Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.
- Experience within community mental health.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Understanding of care pathways.
- Experience of assessments.
- Professional qualification in mental health equivalent to Registered RMN, Registered Social worker or Registered Therapist.
- Current registration with a professional body and commitment to CPD.
- Additional relevant training.
- Mobile with the facility to move quickly across a geographically dispersed area with limited access to public transport.
- Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Devizes
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
The postholder will be an autonomous practitioner, able to evidence sound clinical judgement and clear clinical rationale in decision-making. The role involves providing initial mental health assessments and supportive conversations for people who may require access to secondary mental health services.
Working closely with GPs, voluntary sector organisations, and colleagues across primary and secondary care, the postholder will help ensure individuals receive timely, tailored, compassionate, and effective support aligned to their needs.
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 Ba
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