Job summary
Do you have a strong interest to develop a career in mental health care and a desire to support people in our local communities?
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP). This is an exciting role created to support the transformation of adult community mental health services.
These roles are part of our commitment to increase assess to mental health interventions and address health inequalities. This role will contribute to ensuring adults with severe mental health problems have greater access to psychologically informed interventions. You will have completed a recognised University level course and hold a qualification as a 'Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner'.
As an MHWP, 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. You will need to have flexibility and adaptability and a passion for working with adults with severe mental health problems.
You will, under supervision, continue to 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. You will also receive additional training in any offers that are part of our service.
Main duties of the job
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 suppor
See attached Job description for full information
About us
We are delighted that you are interested in working with us here at CNWL. Our Trust is an exciting place to work, offering a wealth of continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for all our staff.
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally, and internationally for providing high-quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values. Our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We are a Trust committed to staff personal development, with a Trust-wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
We encourage staff input and ideas related to moving services forward, improving care pathways, and meeting the needs of our client group.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- 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 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 attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
- To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
- 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.
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 in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Communication
To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
To monitor and record progression, highlight concerns and report any perceived changes in service users wellbeing to the team
To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.
To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.
Provide highly effective written communications as required for service users and other health and care professionals
Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.
Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.
Documentation
To ensure that up to date clinical records are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards
Professional Ethics
To adhere to the employers expectations of professional behaviour and all relevant policies and procedures.
To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs and that actively addresses inequity of access and outcome across protected characteristics.
Training staff and students
To participate in the induction, training and education of students and other staff in this setting.
To participate in the dissemination and sharing of information and skills with staff, students and volunteers.
Professional development
To complete and stay up to date with all statutory and mandatory training.
To undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager.
Clinical Governance, quality, standards
Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement programs as directed by the line manager.
Research and development
As part of a team, incorporate up-to-date evidence-based methods into the intervention programme as directed by the clinical skills supervisor
To participate in complex audit and research projects as applicable
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- 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 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 attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
- To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
- 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.
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 in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Communication
To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
To monitor and record progression, highlight concerns and report any perceived changes in service users wellbeing to the team
To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.
To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.
Provide highly effective written communications as required for service users and other health and care professionals
Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.
Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.
Documentation
To ensure that up to date clinical records are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards
Professional Ethics
To adhere to the employers expectations of professional behaviour and all relevant policies and procedures.
To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs and that actively addresses inequity of access and outcome across protected characteristics.
Training staff and students
To participate in the induction, training and education of students and other staff in this setting.
To participate in the dissemination and sharing of information and skills with staff, students and volunteers.
Professional development
To complete and stay up to date with all statutory and mandatory training.
To undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager.
Clinical Governance, quality, standards
Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement programs as directed by the line manager.
Research and development
As part of a team, incorporate up-to-date evidence-based methods into the intervention programme as directed by the clinical skills supervisor
To participate in complex audit and research projects as applicable
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)
Experience
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 working as part of a team
- Experience delivering psychologically informed interventions
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Skills
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress and/or are experiencing mental health problems, 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
- Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis.
- Ability to use digital platforms and materials to support service users and for own learning
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
- Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
- 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.
Desirable
- Ability to provide care to service users in languages spoken locally in addition to English
Abilities
Essential
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
- Able to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time
- Able to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern.
- Able to work flexibly and adapt to each person as appropriate to their needs in a variety of settings.
- Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
Working Conditions
Essential
- Able to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
- Ability to travel across sites in good time
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues
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)
Experience
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 working as part of a team
- Experience delivering psychologically informed interventions
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Skills
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress and/or are experiencing mental health problems, 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
- Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis.
- Ability to use digital platforms and materials to support service users and for own learning
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
- Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
- 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.
Desirable
- Ability to provide care to service users in languages spoken locally in addition to English
Abilities
Essential
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
- Able to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time
- Able to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern.
- Able to work flexibly and adapt to each person as appropriate to their needs in a variety of settings.
- Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
Working Conditions
Essential
- Able to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
- Ability to travel across sites in good time
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues
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).
