Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner to join their Eastbourne team. You'll provide psychological interventions for clients facing complex mental health needs and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering CBT informed work and possess strong communication skills. This permanent position offers flexible working options and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Career Development

NHS pension

Access to NHS discount schemes

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering psychological work to those with severe mental health problems.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary NHS Team.
• Ability to work independently and think quickly.

Responsibilities

• Provide low intensity psychological interventions.
• Assess the client's suitability for interventions.
• Collaboratively plan care with service users.

Skills

Experience in delivering psychological CBT informed work

Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong written and verbal communication

Ability to build trusting relationships

Education

Current registration with BPS or BABCP (Desirable)

Job description

Overview

Job summary

Are you a passionate Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner? We invite you to join our vibrant and dedicated team at the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental health Team (NMHT). This is an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse group of professionals committed to providing exceptional care to those with severe and complex mental health needs.

About us

MHWP are valued team members and play a key role in MDT working. You will work closely with Psychology colleagues and receive high standards of supervision and will be supported to develop and grow.

What we offer

• Flexible Working: We support a healthy work/life balance with options for some days home-working and flexible start/finish times.
• Career Development: Engage in professional supervision, ongoing training, and opportunities for CPD and career growth within our Trust.
• Benefits: NHS pension, generous holiday entitlement, access to NHS discount schemes and full psychological support from our wellbeing team.
• Inclusive Environment: We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that everyone can belong and thrive in their career with us.

Details

Date posted: 26 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 354-AE-21206

Job locations: St Mary\'s House, 52 St Leonards Rd, Eastbourne, BN21 3UU

What you’ll do (Responsibilities)

1. Provide clients with low intensity psychological interventions aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, including behavioural activation; graded exposure; teaching problem solving skills; recognising and managing emotions; improving sleep; self help for bulimia and binge eating; building confidence.
2. Assess the client\'s suitability for these interventions.
3. Risk assess and plan care collaboratively with service users.
4. Set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
5. Implement pre and post outcome measures with service users.
6. Form professional relationships and relate to service users in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
7. Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
8. Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
9. When appropriate, take on the role of key worker for the client when work is being completed.
10. Regularly attend clinical supervision with a qualified psychology professional.
11. Work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to coordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.
12. Exercise good personal time management, punctuality, reliable attendance and good organisational skills.

Qualifications / Experience

Experience of delivering psychological CBT informed work to those with severe and enduring mental health problems; experience of working well within a multidisciplinary NHS Team; experience of delivering goal focused, short-term, time-limited work; experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion; excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusting and productive relationships with colleagues and service users; a good understanding of mental health issues and formulating around thinking psychologically around these; strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to tailor them to a variety of audiences; the ability to work independently and think quickly in often challenging situations; the creativity to solve problems and tackle obstacles in new ways; effective time management skills to juggle competing demands in a busy and sometimes pressured work environment.

• Essential: Experience of working within an NHS Multidisciplinary team
• Desirable: Current registration with BPS or BABCP

Other requirements

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

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address: St Mary\'s House, 52 St Leonards Rd, Eastbourne, BN21 3UU

Employer's website: https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/