Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wokingham is looking for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner to support adults with significant mental health problems. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based interventions and care plans. Prospective candidates should hold a relevant bachelor's degree and have completed a BPS-accredited training program. Benefits include flexible working, generous annual leave, and excellent professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

Discounts at popular retailers

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training programme.
• Registration as a MHWP on the BPS Wider Psychological Workforce Register.
• Relevant bachelor's degree graded at 2:2 or above.

Responsibilities

• Work within multidisciplinary adult mental health team to support service users.
• Deliver wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions.
• Engage in case management supervision and collaborative care planning.

Skills

Autonomy

Decision-making

Collaboration

Cultural competence

Education

Relevant bachelor's degree (psychology, mental health, sociology, education)

British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training

Job description

This is an exciting time of growth, and an opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner role for our Wokingham Mental Health Services. You will work collaboratively with a range of professionals across health, mental health, social care, employment and other settings as required.

You will be able to work autonomously, 9-5 Mon-Frid, exercise clear and coherent decision-making skills and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider service.

Training will be given to further develop your knowledge and understanding of this client group.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWP) play a vital role in supporting adults with severe and/or significant mental health problems to manage their mental health. They work as part of multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) to support the delivery of care plans and provide wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions.

As a qualified MHWP, you will work within a multidisciplinary adult mental health team to support service users in achieving their personal recovery goals. You will deliver structured, wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, that are based on the evidence available and informed by clinical outcomes, to address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.

This role will include working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary. You will work collaboratively with a range of professionals across health, mental health, social care, employment and other settings as required.

You will engage with regular case management supervision from a qualified professional and clinical skills supervision from a HCPC registered clinical/counselling psychologist or BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist, to provide high quality collaborative care planning and wellbeing interventions.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.

The ‘must haves’ for this role:

• Successful completion of a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training programme.
• OR
• Successful completion of either University of Sussex Graduate Mental Health Practitioner course or University of Central Lancashire Associate Psychological Practitioner course.
• AND
• Completion of certificated HEE/NHSE approved conversion programme (at Sussex, UClan or Edgehill)
• Registration as a MHWP on the British Psychological Society (BPS) Wider Psychological Workforce Register
• OR
• MHWP registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
• Relevant bachelor’s degree (e.g., psychology, mental health, sociology, education etc.) graded at 2:2 or above.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Godfrey Karambakuwaon 01189044800 or email: [e-mail],who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Thursday 1 Jan 2026