Job summary
Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
This roles will contribute to ensuring adults and older adults with severe mental health problems have greater access to psychologically informed interventions. As well as bridging the gap between primary and secondary care. We currently have four post available- two working with adults of working age based in Walsall and two post working with Older Adults in Walsall and one in Wolverhampton.
As a Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team delivering psychologically informed interventions and supporting adults to receive the right care.
During the one-year graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training, you will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions for serious mental health problems for adults individually and in groups, as well as support their families and carers, in line with the education providers expectations.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. This is an exciting brand-new role created by Health Education England and NHS England and Improvement to support the transformation of adult and older adult community mental health services. Your training will be fully funded by the NHS, and you will be eligible for a full-time qualified position if you pass the course. In return, we ask that you commit to staying with us for at least two years after you qualify.
About us
This role is part of a new place-based mental health workforce that is integrated and co-located within the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS). This team will build integrated ways of working and has been developed to provide a collaborative approach to delivering local services and joined up support for people locally. This includes involvement from health, social care, local authority, third sector and voluntary and community organisations.
Integrated place based working is about working together with each individual person, to identify who and what matters to them, and recognising in partnership what could be done to help keep local people safe, well and happy in their own homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will:
- attend all elements of the training programme of study and progress successfully through assessments of competence and attainment
- work in an adult community mental health service when not completing the programme of study
- 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 - not therapy - for example:
- 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
The Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will be required to:
- Demonstrate the ability to work at degree level
- Have experience of work interacting with the public, working as part of a team, analysing complex information and communicating effectively
- Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress, their families and carers
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will:
- attend all elements of the training programme of study and progress successfully through assessments of competence and attainment
- work in an adult community mental health service when not completing the programme of study
- 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 - not therapy - for example:
- 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
The Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will be required to:
- Demonstrate the ability to work at degree level
- Have experience of work interacting with the public, working as part of a team, analysing complex information and communicating effectively
- Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress, their families and carers
Person Specification
Essential / Desirable
Essential
- 2.2 degree or level 5 certificate of entry to the graduate certificate route
- Experience of working with public and or individuals with mental health problems
- Evidence of using supervision
Desirable
- MDT working
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Working with psychological models to manage distress of individuals with mental health problems
Person Specification
Essential / Desirable
Essential
- 2.2 degree or level 5 certificate of entry to the graduate certificate route
- Experience of working with public and or individuals with mental health problems
- Evidence of using supervision
Desirable
- MDT working
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Working with psychological models to manage distress of individuals with mental health problems
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
