Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a qualified mental health wellbeing practitioner based at Tekhnicon House, Braintree to be at the forefront in delivering the therapeutic provision offered within the psychological therapies for severe mental health problems service, to meet the needs of the local population, in collaboration with other psychological practitioners and operational leads.
The post-holder will provide psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to clients with moderately complex mental health disorders within the service. This will include developing and facilitating group based interventions.
The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- hold a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health) - please only apply if you have completed this specific qualification
- work closely with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions for our service users
- carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
- engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation
- 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.
Please note that HPFT are contracted to provide Mid Essex Talking Therapies until 31stMarch 2026, after which there may be a change to the existing provider of this service.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 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.
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 attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as named worker, for a caseload of service users to support and monitor progress during multi-disciplinary interventions.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
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 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 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.
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 attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as named worker, for a caseload of service users to support and monitor progress during multi-disciplinary interventions.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
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 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent 2:2 preferably in Psychology, Education or similar or able to demonstrate the ability to work at that level.
- Completed a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner training (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
Desirable
- Evidence of successful postgraduate study or publication
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgements 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 user's difficulties and development of a multi- disciplinary care plan.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers.
- 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
- Lived experience of mental health issues / difficulties
- Knowledge of the national NHS transformation agenda, including the psychological therapies for severe mental problems and NHS Talking Therapies programmes
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health care wellbeing needs
- Able to prioritise workload according to changing needs and priorities of the team
People Management / Leadership / Resources
Essential
- Able to assist in maintaining own and others' health, safety and security
- Monitor and maintain physical and / or financial resources fora work area.
IT
Essential
- Able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's daily progress
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent 2:2 preferably in Psychology, Education or similar or able to demonstrate the ability to work at that level.
- Completed a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner training (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
Desirable
- Evidence of successful postgraduate study or publication
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgements 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 user's difficulties and development of a multi- disciplinary care plan.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers.
- 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
- Lived experience of mental health issues / difficulties
- Knowledge of the national NHS transformation agenda, including the psychological therapies for severe mental problems and NHS Talking Therapies programmes
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health care wellbeing needs
- Able to prioritise workload according to changing needs and priorities of the team
People Management / Leadership / Resources
Essential
- Able to assist in maintaining own and others' health, safety and security
- Monitor and maintain physical and / or financial resources fora work area.
IT
Essential
- Able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's daily progress
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).
