Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; Wells; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

NHS pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Career development

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to support adults with serious mental illness within the Community Mental Health Service. You will deliver wellbeing-focused psychological interventions, work as a key worker on a caseload, and contribute to assessments and care planning under supervision.

The role emphasizes trauma-informed practice, collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Graduate Certificate (Level 6) or Postgraduate Certificate (Level 7) for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners.
• Experience delivering psychological interventions and working in adult mental health.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with service users, carers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver structured, wellbeing-focused psychological interventions.
• Act as a key worker for a caseload and monitor progress.
• Contribute to assessments, risk management, and care planning with the team.
• Collaborate with health, social care and voluntary sector partners to ensure coordinated support.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Trauma-informed care

Empathy

Education

Graduate Certificate (Level 6)

Postgraduate Certificate (Level 7)

Job description

Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner / Assistant Psychologist vacancy! Please see attached both job descriptions.

Are you passionate about helping people with severe mental health difficulties build confidence, improve wellbeing, and live fulfilling lives? Do you believe in compassionate, person-centred care that empowers people to make decisions about their own recovery?

As a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you'll play a vital role within our Community Mental Health Service, supporting adults experiencing serious mental illness through psychologically informed interventions and collaborative care planning. Working within a trauma-informed and psychologically led service, you'll help people identify their strengths, achieve meaningful goals, and develop practical strategies that support recovery and resilience.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking multidisciplinary team that works beyond traditional healthcare boundaries, building strong partnerships with service users, families, carers, voluntary organisations, and community services. You'll receive regular clinical and management supervision, providing a supportive environment where you can continue to develop your skills and confidence.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference every day while developing your career within a supportive NHS Trust, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

• Work alongside service users, families and carers to develop personalised, strengths-based care and recovery plans.
• Deliver evidence-based, wellbeing-focused psychological interventions using cognitive behavioural principles to support recovery and everyday functioning.
• Act as a key worker for a caseload of service users, monitoring progress and supporting positive outcomes.
• Carry out assessments, contribute to risk management plans, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide safe, effective care.
• Build strong relationships with health, social care, voluntary sector and community partners to ensure coordinated support and continuity of care.
• Contribute to service improvement, audit, learning and the development of high-quality mental health care.

About us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

Job responsibilities

You'll join a welcoming and supportive Community Mental Health Team where psychological thinking and trauma-informed practice are central to the way we work. Our service is committed to helping people recover, stay connected to their communities, and access the support they need to live well.

Working under the supervision of experienced psychological professionals, you'll deliver a range of structured interventions designed to improve wellbeing and support recovery. These may include behavioural activation, problem-solving skills, emotional regulation, confidence-building, sleep interventions, graded exposure, and guided self-help approaches.

We're looking for someone who can build trusting, empathetic relationships with people who may be experiencing significant distress. You'll be confident working collaboratively with colleagues, communicating sensitively, and adapting your approach to meet individual needs. You'll also contribute to assessments, care planning, relapse prevention, and multidisciplinary reviews, ensuring every person receives coordinated, compassionate support.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

A Graduate Certificate (Level 6) or Postgraduate Certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).

• Experience working with people with mental health needs through supervised clinical practice.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with service users, carers, colleagues and partner organisations.
• The ability to assess needs, contribute to risk management, and deliver psychologically informed interventions under supervision.
• A commitment to teamwork, inclusion, social recovery, and trauma-informed care.
• The ability to travel across Somerset as required.

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, you'll be supported to grow professionally through regular supervision, ongoing training, reflective practice and opportunities to contribute to quality improvement and service development. You'll join a Trust that values kindness, respect and teamwork, where your contribution is recognised and where the care you provide makes a lasting difference to people's lives.

If you're ready to help people take positive steps towards recovery and wellbeing while developing your career within a supportive community mental health service, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)

Experience

• Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice.
• Experience working as part of a team.
• Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
• Experience running groups/activities.
• Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties

Additional Criteria

• Ability to travel across sites in good time with reasonable adjustments as required to facilitate this

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.