Qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Watford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to work as a Qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner with NHS, providing psychological support and working creatively within a team. The role involves direct interaction with service users, developing care plans, and ensuring effective collaboration across health services. This is a permanent, full-time position, offering competitive salary and professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Hold specific qualifications as mandated in the job description.
• Experience working with mental health needs through training.
• Demonstrated ability in providing psychological assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment.
• Engage in developing and facilitating group based interventions.
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Team Collaboration

Education

Graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7)

Job description

Go back Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 13 July 2025

An exciting opportunity for a qualified mental health wellbeing practitioner to be at the forefront in delivering the therapeutic provision offered within primary care, to meet the needs of the local population, in collaboration with other psychological practitioners and operational leads.

The post-holder will provide psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to clients with moderately complex mental health disorders within the service. This will include developing and facilitating group based interventions.

The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• hold a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health) - please only apply if you have completed this specific qualification
• work closely with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions for our service users
• carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
• engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation
• 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.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust

Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...https://www.hertsnhsgreattogether.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

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 deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:

• Behavioural activation and graded exposure
• Teaching problem-solving skills
• Improving sleep
• Recognising and managing emotions
• Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
• Building confidence
• Medication support

To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.

To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.

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 attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as named worker, for a caseload of service users to support and monitor progress during multi-disciplinary interventions.

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users

To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.

To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation, and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.

To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families, and carers.

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
• 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
• Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties

Skills

• 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 make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
• Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users

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.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Prospect House, Peace Drive, Watford, WD17 3XE

£31,469 to £38,308 a yearper annum, pro rata (Including 5% HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-ACMS-9481

Job locations

Prospect House, Peace Drive, Watford, WD17 3XE