Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health trust in Blackburn seeks a dedicated Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to coordinate care and deliver interventions focused on mental health outcomes. The ideal candidate must possess leadership and clinical skills, and be a registered professional in the field. This opportunity offers flexible working arrangements and the chance to impact the well-being of service users significantly.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner.
• Knowledgeable about care program management.
• Experience working with individuals having mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care as a key worker.
• Deliver wellbeing-focused interventions.
• Support collaborative decision-making.

Skills

Leadership skills

Clinical skills

Cognitive-behavioral principles

Communication of sensitive information

Education

Graduate certificate (Level 6) in Mental Health and Wellbeing

Postgraduate certificate (Level 7) in Mental Health and Wellbeing

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 13 November 2025

Pendle West Community Mental Health Team

Band 5

Bases: Pendle House and Yarnspinners Health Centre

Pendle West Community Mental Health Team are seeking to appoint a Band 5 Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care. With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and the principles laid out in the Recovery Model, you will need to be an innovative thinker and be able to form effective relationships.

You must be a registered mental health and well being practitioner, with excellent leadership and clinical skills. You will also need to have a working knowledge of the care programme approach, risk assessment and management, and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of health and social needs on mental health and well-being.

Main duties of the job

To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care as a key worker, supporting collaborative decision‑making about care and treatment.

To deliver a set of wellbeing‑focused psychologically‑informed interventions, aligned to cognitive‑behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.

For further information or informal chat about the role please contact us using the details provided

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well‑being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi‑time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England.
• A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).

Knowledge

• Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
• 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.

Experience

• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust