Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; North East; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner within the Durham area to work with older adults. The role involves delivering psychologically-informed interventions and supporting collaborative care in a multi-disciplinary team environment. This position is essential in providing quality mental health support and requires a relevant graduate or postgraduate qualification.

Qualifications

• Experience of running groups/activities.
• Experience of being supervised in practice.
• Experience working with people with mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop psychologically informed interventions under supervision.
• Support care planning alongside the multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct risk assessments and engage with service users compassionately.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Graduate certificate in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners

Postgraduate certificate in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity within the Durham area working with older adults for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work under close case management supervision from an HCPC registered applied psychologist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions, with a level of autonomy in community working.

About us

We are the Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York & Selby.

We are committed to co-creating safe and personalised care that improves the lives of people by involving them as equal partners. The most important way we will get there is by living our values, all of the time.

Psychological Professions staff will be expected to display the Trust values at all times, working as part of the collective team with shared accountability and responsibility for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of patient care is delivered in a patient centred manner. They will also contribute to ensuring the culture of our services is built upon the Trust Values and the trust's strategy - Our Journey To change (OJTC).

We're also committed to co-creating a great experience for our colleagues- find out more about why you should come and work for us here Why choose TEWV? - Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust

We are committed to developing a team that is fully representative of the communities that we serve, and especially welcome applications from individuals with protected characteristics that are currently under-represented in our workforce.

Details

Date posted

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

346-DDM-026-25-A

Job locations

Durham and Shotley Bridge

DH1 5RD

Job responsibilities

The role of the Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner is to:

Develop and practice psychologically informed interventions under supervision, working directly with adults in the community.

Support collaborative care planning, alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals to deliver a set of brief wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions:

Behavioural Activation and Graded Exposure using the GOALS programme

Problem-solving

Improving sleep

Recognising and managing emotions

Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating

Confidence building

Support with medicines management

Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team

Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.

Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.

To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity within the Durham area working with older adults for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work under close case management supervision from an HCPC registered applied psychologist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions, with a level of autonomy in community working.

About us

We are the Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York & Selby.

We are committed to co-creating safe and personalised care that improves the lives of people by involving them as equal partners. The most important way we will get there is by living our values, all of the time.

Psychological Professions staff will be expected to display the Trust values at all times, working as part of the collective team with shared accountability and responsibility for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of patient care is delivered in a patient centred manner. They will also contribute to ensuring the culture of our services is built upon the Trust Values and the trust's strategy - Our Journey To change (OJTC).

We're also committed to co-creating a great experience for our colleagues- find out more about why you should come and work for us here Why choose TEWV? - Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust

We are committed to developing a team that is fully representative of the communities that we serve, and especially welcome applications from individuals with protected characteristics that are currently under-represented in our workforce.

Details

Date posted

16 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

346-DDM-026-25-A

Job locations

Bowes Lyon Unit, Lanchester Road Hospital and Derwent Clinic

Durham and Shotley Bridge

DH1 5RD

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of the Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner is to:

Develop and practice psychologically informed interventions under supervision, working directly with adults in the community.

Support collaborative care planning, alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals to deliver a set of brief wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions:

Behavioural Activation and Graded Exposure using the GOALS programme

Problem-solving

Improving sleep

Recognising and managing emotions

Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating

Confidence building

Support with medicines management

Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team

Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.

Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.

To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A 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

Knowledge and experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

Essential

Experience running groups/activities

Experience working as part of a team

Experience of being supervised

Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing

Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, 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 boundaries of confidentiality

Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance

Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance

Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users

Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan

Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision

Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multidisciplinary care plan

Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs

Able to prioritise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team

Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security

To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis

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

Experience of considering the impact of public health within an individual's care

Experience in discussing and responding to issues related to cultural diversity, intersectionality and inclusivity, including working with vulnerable groups (. those for whom English is not their first language)

Experience of managing multiple demands/ working in challenging environments

Awareness of systemic barriers to accessing psychological services/healthcare for minoritised communities

Awareness of the relationship between social, economic and environmental factors and mental health

Desirable

Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties