Job summary
Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner or Graduate Mental Health Practitioner - Full-time, Monday to Friday, permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner or Graduate Mental Health Practitioner in our adult community mental health service in Uckfield, East Sussex.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been at the forefront in establishing these roles successfully into secondary mental health care.
This post is based at Millwood Assessment and Treatment Service in Uckfield which is a rural town in the heart of the Sussex Countryside within easy reach of the Ashdown Forest and with good links to London and Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The successful applicant will join a friendly, highly skilled, and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team which provides care for adults with severe or complex mental illness in the local community. The team comprises consultant psychiatrists, community mental health nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, support and peer workers.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a degree, and either a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner Postgraduate Certificate or a Post Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice. They will have completed placements during their training and been assessed against competencies in the assessment of mental health needs, and risk assessment. The successful applicant will be offered regular supervision and additional training relevant to the role. After a preceptorship period of 6 months, with additional training and support the post-holder will be able to be a Lead Practitioner and carry a caseload.
Mental health and wellbeing practitioners provide evidence based wellbeing-focused, psychological interventions and coordinate care plans for adults with severe mental health problems to help them recover and live fulfilling lives.
About us
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a nurse in our team we can offer you:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
Job description
Job responsibilities
These new roles are intended to support existing roles, and are trans-disciplinary, informed by bio-psychosocial models of health care for people with severe and complex mental health difficulties. They help provide outstanding care and treatment, co-ordinate care provided, support people with their recovery journey, offer time limited interventions, monitor risks, and collaborate with carers and families. The role will also include co-running CBT informed groups and psycho educational workshops; delivering psychologically informed interventions; supporting people to access care from other services including housing providers & third sector organisations; contributing to multidisciplinary discussions; supporting the team with duty work and facilitating access to full pathways of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These new roles are intended to support existing roles, and are trans-disciplinary, informed by bio-psychosocial models of health care for people with severe and complex mental health difficulties. They help provide outstanding care and treatment, co-ordinate care provided, support people with their recovery journey, offer time limited interventions, monitor risks, and collaborate with carers and families. The role will also include co-running CBT informed groups and psycho educational workshops; delivering psychologically informed interventions; supporting people to access care from other services including housing providers & third sector organisations; contributing to multidisciplinary discussions; supporting the team with duty work and facilitating access to full pathways of care.
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)
- Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- 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 of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
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)
- Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- 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 of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
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
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).
