Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 29 April 2026

Job summary

Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) are an exciting and growing part of the NHS psychological workforce. If you have completed a PGCert or CertGrad qualification and have at least one year's experience in the role, we would welcome your application. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic practitioner to join our team.

The Reflect Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service is expanding in to East Sussex. Commissioned by NHS England, we deliver Community Sentence Treatment Requirements in partnership with the Probation Service and substance use services. The service supports individuals sentenced in Sussex courts by providing primary care mental health interventions.

Based at Hastings Probation, you will work closely with partner agencies, including the Probation Service and CGL, delivering high-quality, evidence-based, psychologically informed interventions to individuals with complex and often marginalised needs.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical governance, data collection, and service development under the supervision of the clinical lead. With support, you will undertake psychological assessments and deliver tailored interventions. You will also benefit from being part of a wider psychological professions network, supporting your ongoing development and career progression.

Experience within the Criminal Justice System is desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job

What you'll do:

This role plays a key part in the MHTR pathway, supporting and improving the psychological care provided to service users. It involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions appropriate to the individual's level of training and experience, as well as carrying out related tasks to strengthen assessment, intervention, and evaluation within the care group.
The MHWP will work autonomously, with their workload, objectives, and progress overseen through regular supervision by an HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist.
Assess the client's suitability for these interventions
You will typically support service users for up to 12 sessions
Risk assess and to plan care collaboratively with service users
Set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
Implement pre and post outcome measures with service users
Form professional relationships and relate to service users in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture
Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances
Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
Regularly attend clinical supervision with a qualified psychology professional
Exercise good personal time management, punctuality, reliable attendance and good organisational skills

About us

What we offer:

- Career Development: Engage in professional supervision, ongoing training, and opportunities for CPD and career growth within our Trust.

- Benefits: Enjoy an excellent NHS pension, generous holiday entitlement, access to NHS discount schemes and access to the Employee Assistance Programme.

- Inclusive Environment: We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that everyone can belong and thrive in their career with us.

At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities forflexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

If you haven't thought about living in Sussexbefore then you should consider the following:

Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes
Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park!
Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline, including Hastings, Bexhill on Sea and Eastbourne
Easy access to airports - Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 90 minutes of the county, providing links to Europe and beyond
London is within easy reach via local and national bus routes and national mainline stations

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-FH-20615

Job locations

Hastings Probation Office

Crozier House, 1a Shepherd Street

St Leonards

TN38 0ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

What are we looking for?

PG Cert or Cert Grad in Mental Health Wellbeing Practice
At least a years experience post qualification
Experience of delivering low intensity psychologically informed work using CBT principles to those with severe and enduring mental health problems
Experience of working well within a multidisciplinary NHS Team
Experience of delivering goal focused, short-term, time-limited work.
Experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusting and productive relationships with colleagues, partner agencies and service users
A good understanding of mental health issues and ability to formulate psychologically around these
Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to tailor them to a variety of audiences
The ability to work independently and think quickly in often challenging situations
The creativity to solve problems and tackle obstacles in new ways
Effective time management skills to juggle competing demands in a busy and sometimes pressured work environment

Job description

Job responsibilities

What are we looking for?

PG Cert or Cert Grad in Mental Health Wellbeing Practice
At least a years experience post qualification
Experience of delivering low intensity psychologically informed work using CBT principles to those with severe and enduring mental health problems
Experience of working well within a multidisciplinary NHS Team
Experience of delivering goal focused, short-term, time-limited work.
Experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusting and productive relationships with colleagues, partner agencies and service users
A good understanding of mental health issues and ability to formulate psychologically around these
Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to tailor them to a variety of audiences
The ability to work independently and think quickly in often challenging situations
The creativity to solve problems and tackle obstacles in new ways
Effective time management skills to juggle competing demands in a busy and sometimes pressured work environment

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within an NHS Multidisciplinary team
A minimum of one year's experience of working as a registered Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Registration or Eligibility for Registration with the BPS or BABCP for accreditation in a MHWP role

Desirable

Current registration with BPS or BABCP

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within an NHS Multidisciplinary team
A minimum of one year's experience of working as a registered Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Registration or Eligibility for Registration with the BPS or BABCP for accreditation in a MHWP role

Desirable

Current registration with BPS or BABCP

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).