Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

Inclusion; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading substance support organization in Aylesbury is hiring a passionate Mental Health Well-Being Practitioner to provide high quality interventions for individuals dealing with substance use issues. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, delivering supportive and psychological care. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience with mental health needs. The role promotes professional development and a commitment to improving the quality of life for service users.

Benefits

Ongoing training and professional development

Supportive work environment

Comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support

Qualifications

• Graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners required.
• Experience working with mental health needs through supervised practice.
• Commitment to team working and values of social inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Deliver wellbeing-focused interventions under supervision.
• Teach problem-solving skills and improve sleep.
• Provide medication support and manage emotions.

Skills

Teamwork

Trauma-informed care

Problem-solving skills

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques

Education

Graduate certificate in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners

Job description

Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to join our team within One Recovery Bucks, a drug and alcohol treatment and support service for people impacted by their own or someone else's use of alcohol or drugs.

One Recovery Bucks is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Mental Health Well-Being Practitioner (MHWP) to join our dynamic team. As a leading community drug and alcohol service provider, we are committed to delivering exceptional care and support to individuals dealing with substance use issues.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you would provide high quality clinical interventions including prescribing for people with an opioid use disorder, alcohol detoxification and relapse prevention medication, health and wellbeing interventions and blood borne virus screening and vaccinations.

Why Join us?

Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of individuals dealing with substance use issues. Supportive and collaborative work environment that values professional development and growth.

Contact us to discuss the benefits package offered, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Main duties of the job

You’ll be an essential part of our holistic care approach, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. Reporting to the Principal Psychologist you'll contribute expertise in prescribing and high-quality care.

We prioritise staff growth, offering ongoing training and tailored professional development. This supportive environment encourages continuous learning in substance use treatment, prescribing practices, holistic care approaches and tackling health inequalities. This will support your professional advancement while delivering meaningful support to our service users.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT).

Inclusion provides services across England that include advice, information, harm reduction interventions, recovery planning in conjunction with a range of pharmacological, psychosocial and structured treatment programs.

We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by substance use, alcohol use, crime, mental health concerns or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can.

We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users, is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:

• Deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a practitioner psychologist or CBT therapist, including:
  • Behavioural activation and graded exposure
  • Teaching problem solving skills
  • Improving sleep
  • Recognising and managing emotions
  • Guided self‑help
  • Building confidence
  • Medication support

Person Specification

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

Skills Knowledge and Abilities

• Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.

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.