Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare organization in Blackburn seeks a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to coordinate care and deliver supportive services. Candidates must be registered professionals, equipped to deliver evidence-based interventions for individuals with mental health needs. This permanent position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Positive work/life balance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Essential to be registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner.
• Need a graduate or postgraduate certificate delivering the national curriculum.
• Experience working with people with mental health needs is required.

Responsibilities

• Co‑ordinate care as a key worker with service users and their families.
• Deliver wellbeing‑focused, psychologically‑informed interventions.

Skills

Intervention planning

Empathic relationship building

Confidential communication

Education

Graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7)

Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

Job Summary

Pendle West Community Mental Health Team – Band 5 – Bases: Pendle House and Yarnspinners Health Centre. This post offers the opportunity for a forward‑thinking, experienced practitioner to develop and implement safe, sound, and supportive services that embrace holistic care, multidisciplinary working, and the principles of the Recovery Model.

Main duties of the job

• Co‑ordinate care as a key worker alongside service users, families, carers and multidisciplinary team members, supporting collaborative decision‑making about care and treatment.
• Deliver wellbeing‑focused, psychologically‑informed interventions aligned to cognitive‑behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, addressing issues often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.

About Us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of secondary mental health services across the area, including child and adolescent services, perinatal mental health and forensic services. The Trust also offers physical health and well‑being services in the community, working with partners in Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton.

We encourage flexible working – term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi‑time and career breaks – and value a positive work/life balance for all NHS staff.

Details

• Date posted: 04 November 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £31,049 – £37,796 per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full‑time
• Reference number: 351‑PEN1001‑EB
• Job locations: Pendle House, Blackburn, BB9 9TG

Job description & person specification

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

Person Specification

• Qualifications (essential)
  • Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on an NHS‑recognised professional register.
  • Graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
• Knowledge (essential)
  • 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, and with 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 confidentiality boundaries.
• Experience (essential)
  • Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through graduate or postgraduate certification with significant supervised practice.
  • Experience running groups or activities.
  • Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure & Barring Service check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. Further information is available on the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Pendle House, Blackburn, BB9 9TG

Website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/