Job summary
We are looking to appoint two apprentice Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) to join Older People's Community Services based either in Wymondham covering the South Norfolk locality, or Kings Lynn covering West Norfolk.
(Please specify any preference you may have for geographical area in the Supporting Information of your application).
Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners coordinate care plans and provide wellbeing-focussed psychologically informed interventions for people with significant mental health difficulties. The successful applicant will be trained and supported to deliver effective evidence-based input to older adults in the community who are experiencing functional and organic mental health problems across our Mental Health and Memory Treatment pathways. The aim of such input is to enable older people to improve the quality of their lives, including living well with dementia where relevant.
You would be working as part of a multidisciplinary team and under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, across either the West or South of Norfolk.
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner (Apprentice), you will work alongside the Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Associate in Psychology, and wider multidisciplinary team to deliver wellbeing-focused psychological intervention to older adults experiencing mental health problems and/or Dementia.
In addition to the academic component of this apprenticeship, your duties within the workplace would include:
- Assessing service users' needs and developing care plans alongside the individual, family and/or caregivers focused on achieving goals that are personally meaningful.
- Delivering group and individual interventions.
- Liaising with colleagues and other agencies to support effective care and strong communication between professional disciplines and community services.
- Adapting resources and how you deliver information to support others' understanding given the diverse needs of older adults experiencing mental health and/or memory problems.
- Active participation in multidisciplinary case discussion, team formulation and reflective practice meetings.
- Using clinical supervision proactively to provide safe and effective care, and supporting your own professional development.
- Involvement in research, audit activities and service-related projects where appropriate.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Community-based services for older people were rated Good by CQC (2020) reflecting colleagues' compassion, diligence and expertise in providing a safe, caring and effective service.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This Band 4 Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner Apprenticeship is a twelve-month full time training role (funded through an apprentice levy, which is subject to the 2 year NHS Psychology Professions funding rule). You will spend the majority of your working time undertaking specific training tasks in a community mental health service, alongside structured teaching/training days with the University of Essex. Teaching is comprised of both online and in-person sessions with the expectation that students attend all lectures. The course starts on 2nd October 2024, beginning with two teaching blocks (Wed-Friday) and thereafter one day a week lectures.
The successful applicant will need to be able to undertake the duties of this post in person - this may entail seeing service users in their own homes, clinic spaces, residential settings, or in the community. As such the ability to travel independently is required.
After successful completion of the apprenticeship, the applicant would progress to a qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner post with the South Older People's Community Service at Band 5.
Please find our Job Description and Person Specification attached for more detail. If you think you have what it takes to make a difference to the lives of older adults in the community, please click APPLY!
Job description
Job responsibilities
This Band 4 Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner Apprenticeship is a twelve-month full time training role (funded through an apprentice levy, which is subject to the 2 year NHS Psychology Professions funding rule). You will spend the majority of your working time undertaking specific training tasks in a community mental health service, alongside structured teaching/training days with the University of Essex. Teaching is comprised of both online and in-person sessions with the expectation that students attend all lectures. The course starts on 2nd October 2024, beginning with two teaching blocks (Wed-Friday) and thereafter one day a week lectures.
The successful applicant will need to be able to undertake the duties of this post in person - this may entail seeing service users in their own homes, clinic spaces, residential settings, or in the community. As such the ability to travel independently is required.
After successful completion of the apprenticeship, the applicant would progress to a qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner post with the South Older People's Community Service at Band 5.
Please find our Job Description and Person Specification attached for more detail. If you think you have what it takes to make a difference to the lives of older adults in the community, please click APPLY!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Batchelors degree at 2:2 or higher OR evidence of ability to study at academic Level 5 (e.g. DipHE, HND)
Desirable
- Degree in a related field at 2:1 or higher (e.g. Psychology)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Skills
Essential
- Ability to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Batchelors degree at 2:2 or higher OR evidence of ability to study at academic Level 5 (e.g. DipHE, HND)
Desirable
- Degree in a related field at 2:1 or higher (e.g. Psychology)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Skills
Essential
- Ability to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- 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
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).
