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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay enhancements

Annual leave

Cycle to work

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join the team at HMP Buckley Hall. You will help facilitate social prescribing activities and deliver low intensity psychologically informed interventions for anxiety and depression, drawing on CBT skills.

An interest in creative arts, music production or performance would be an advantage. You will work flexibly with service users and carers, collaborate across disciplines, and promote

Qualifications

• Proficiency in core CBT techniques for low‑intensity interventions.
• Interest or talent in creative arts/craft, especially music production or performance, is advantageous.
• Ability to work with service users and carers in a mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible support to meet assessed mental health needs of service users.
• Collaborate across disciplines to develop care practices and improve outcomes.
• Promote health, wellbeing and mental health for service users and carers.
• Facilitate and develop group therapies/activities.

Skills

CBT skills

Creative arts

Group therapies

Job description

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly regarded and innovative mental health service inside HMP Buckley Hall.

The service principles are based around social therapy, and we have an extensive offer of social prescribing activities that the successful applicant will help facilitate and develop.

As such an interest or talent in creative arts/craft – particularly music production or performance would be an advantage, as would a knowledge of Core CBT skills and to be able to deliver low intensity psychologically informed interventions for anxiety and depression.

Working in close proximity with mental health service users and their carers where appropriate.

• Working flexibly and responsively to provide support and assistance to meet the assessed mental health needs of the service and service users.
• Working collaboratively across a range of disciplines to continuously develop expertise in assisting team members to achieve positive health care outcomes for service users.
• Promoting the health, well being and mental health of service users and carers.
• Promoting the development of the role to support and promote skill mix and work forcemodernisation within their service areas.
• Facilitate and develop group therapies/activities

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026