Assistant Practitioner Community Connector

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time band 4 Associate Practitioner based at Barnsley's Recovery College but working into the local community supporting our Community Connectors in delivering Peer led interventions with clients. The job hours are Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00hrs. You will work alongside Recovery College colleagues in a blended agile/office workplace, the service is flexible in our approach to a good work life balance.

The Associate Practitioner role will involve working with Peer colleagues supporting/advising their interventions and working alongside where there is an identified need for recovery focused interventions.

Main duties of the job:

• You will be working predominantly out in the community and help oversee caseloads of clients with varying mental wellbeing challenges.
• You will be expected to support Peers to deliver interventions such as anxiety management, graded exposure, improving mood and social activity.
• You will also be expected to liaise with other parts of statutory services as well as third sector organisations and support your clients to engage with these services.
• The applicant will be expected to support the leadership of Community Connectors function and their caseload.
• Provide advice and guidance to referring professionals on Community Connector function and suitability of clients, with consideration for interventions.

You will be working in a supportive team and must be able to undertake working in community settings with clients with a wide range of mental wellbeing issues. All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

About Us:

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Details:

• Date posted: 12 June 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 4
• Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9378-B2145
• Job locations: Recovery College, 33 Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2AH

Job responsibilities:

• Undertake delegated duties under the supervision of registered health care professionals.
• Deliver evidence based planned care, which is safe and effective, in a manner which is caring, compassionate and enables service users to reach an optimum level of functioning, independence, rehabilitation and recovery.
• Provide care within well established policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, and established clinical care plans.
• Exercise initiative and judgement in care planning, goal setting, delivery, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Work collaboratively and in partnership with others, develop knowledge to promote holistic care.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of the care and treatment programmes of individual service users.
• Make appropriate care adjustments, within the agreed level of autonomy for the post.
• Undertake enhanced training and preparation to meet the specific clinical needs of the service.
• Contribute to enabling service users to reach their potential, including the utilisation of public health approaches.
• Supervise and delegate work to health care support workers.

Person Specification:

• Essential qualifications: A-C in Maths/English GCSE or equivalent; Level 5 Apprenticeship/Foundation degree in Health & Social Care or equivalent relevant to the post.
• Desirable: Experience of the speciality area; Group Facilitation skills.
• Essential personal attributes: Responsive attitude and approach; Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to role.
• Essential experience: Significant experience in providing care and/or health-related procedures; In working in a caring environment at a band 3 or equivalent level of competence.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.