Job summary
Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner - half-time, 1yr fixed term (maternity cover)
We have a great opportunity for a registered Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Assessment and Treatment service at Millwood in Uckfield which is in a beautiful rural location close to Ashdown Forest i East Sussex.
We offer specialist community treatment to service users with severe mental health needs and we are fully integrated with our primary care and voluntary sector partner agencies.
You would be part of a lively and supportive multi-disciplinary team and work under the direct supervision of our 8a CBT therapist and the psychological therapies team.
Main duties of the job
Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners work alongside service users, families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment and deliveringa set of wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, and based on best evidence.
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 an MHWP 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)
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Job description
Job responsibilities
It is important that you have the right qualification for this post: A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduatecertificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculumfor Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (AdultSpecialist Mental Health) or a post graduate certificateachieved via the Graduate Mental Health Practitionertraining plus the additional certified MHWP trainingmodules.
The post involves working under close case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional to provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
We also provide close psychological intervention supervision from a psychological professional with significant training and experience in delivering CBT-based interventions for severe mental health problems.
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is important that you have the right qualification for this post: A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduatecertificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculumfor Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (AdultSpecialist Mental Health) or a post graduate certificateachieved via the Graduate Mental Health Practitionertraining plus the additional certified MHWP trainingmodules.
The post involves working under close case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional to provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
We also provide close psychological intervention supervision from a psychological professional with significant training and experience in delivering CBT-based interventions for severe mental health problems.
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) or post graduate certificate achieved via the Graduate Mental Health Practitioner training plus the additional certified MHWP training modules.
- Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England
Knowledge/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 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) or post graduate certificate achieved via the Graduate Mental Health Practitioner training plus the additional certified MHWP training modules.
- Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England
Knowledge/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 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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
