Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner within the Bassetlaw LMHT to support the transformation of Adult Community Mental Health Services. You will provide psychologically informed interventions, based on CBT principles, to adults with severe mental health problems. Responsibilities include person-centred assessment, risk assessment, care plan coordination, and delivering specific evidence-based treatments. The role requires working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team under supervision.
Essential criteria
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
- Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing.
Desirable criteria
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Values and Behaviours
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
- Knowledge and Skills
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality.
- Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
- Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users.
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
- Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing.
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Values and Behaviours
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
- Knowledge and Skills
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality.
- Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
- Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners to support the transformation of Adult Community Mental Health Services within Bassetlaw LMHT.
MHWPs work within wider multi-disciplinary team providing interventions and skills to support individuals to promote good mental health and recovery from severe mental health problems. MHWPs work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals (including registered nurses, Psychiatrists, GPs, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Psychologists and employment advisers as well as other community organisations) to improve access to psychological interventions and support the delivery of an overall care plan.
MHWPs will work with adults from many different backgrounds with severe mental health problems. The role of a MHWP includes providing person centred assessment, thorough risk assessment, collaboratively agreeing and coordinating a care plan and providing specific evidence based treatment interventions alongside signposting to and supporting engagement with other professionals and agencies.
Interventions are currently provided on a one-to-one basis. Delivery of interventions can be in the patient's own home, telephone or video.
Specific treatment interventions provi
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