Job summary
This is an exciting time ofgrowth,and an opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitionerrolefor our Wokingham Mental Health Services.You will work collaboratively with a range of professionals across health, mental health, social care,employmentand other settings asrequired.
You will be able to work autonomously, 9-5 Mon-Frid, exercise clear and coherent decision-making skills and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider service.
Training will be given to further develop your knowledge and understanding of this client group.
Main duties of the job
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWP) play avitalrole in supporting adults with severe and/or significant mental health problems to manage their mental health. They work as part of multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) to support the delivery of care plans and providewellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions.
As a qualified MHWP, you will work within a multidisciplinaryadultmental health teamto supportservice users in achieving their personal recovery goals. You willdeliverstructured,wellbeing-focused psychologicallyinformed interventions,that arebased on the evidence availableand informed by clinical outcomes, toaddress problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
This role will include working with people fromdifferent culturalbackgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary. You will workcollaboratively with a range of professionalsacrosshealth, mental health, social care,employmentandother settings asrequired.
You willengage withregular case management supervision from a qualified professional and clinical skills supervision from a HCPC registered clinical/counselling psychologist or BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist, to provide high quality collaborative care planning and wellbeing interventions.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Successful completion of a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training programme.
OR
- Successful completion of either University of Sussex Graduate Mental Health Practitioner course or University of Central Lancashire Associate Psychological Practitioner course.
AND
- Completion of certificated HEE/NHSE approved conversion programme (at Sussex,UClanor Edgehill)
- Registration as a MHWP on the British Psychological Society (BPS) Wider Psychological Workforce Register
OR
- MHWP registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- Relevant bachelors degree (e.g., psychology, mental health, sociology, education etc.) graded at 2:2 or above.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet thecriteria in theperson specificationand write about thispoint-by-pointin your supporting statementfor the best chance of being shortlisted.
Werecommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedonthesitate to call:GodfreyKarambakuwa on 01189044800 or email: Godfrey.karambakuwa@berkshire.nhs.uk, whollbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Successful completion of a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training programme.
OR
- Successful completion of either University of Sussex Graduate Mental Health Practitioner course or University of Central Lancashire Associate Psychological Practitioner course.
AND
- Completion of certificated HEE/NHSE approved conversion programme (at Sussex,UClanor Edgehill)
- Registration as a MHWP on the British Psychological Society (BPS) Wider Psychological Workforce Register
OR
- MHWP registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- Relevant bachelors degree (e.g., psychology, mental health, sociology, education etc.) graded at 2:2 or above.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet thecriteria in theperson specificationand write about thispoint-by-pointin your supporting statementfor the best chance of being shortlisted.
Werecommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedonthesitate to call:GodfreyKarambakuwa on 01189044800 or email: Godfrey.karambakuwa@berkshire.nhs.uk, whollbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Successful completion of a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training programme
- or Successful completion of either University of Sussex Graduate Mental Health Practitioner course or University of Central Lancashire Associate Psychological Practitioner course
- and Completion of certificated HEE/NHSE approved conversion programme (at Sussex, UClan or Edgehill)
- Registration as a MHWP on the British Psychological Society (BPS) Wider Psychological Workforce Register
- or MHWP registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Desirable
- Relevant bachelor's degree (e.g., psychology, mental health, sociology, education etc.) graded at 2:2 or above
Continuous Professional Development/ Training
Essential
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and training
Desirable
- Evidence of continuous professional development in adult mental health of relevance to the post
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a Trainee/ qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner
- Significant experience of working with people experiencing mental health problems
- Experience of working in or with a diverse or multi-cultural community
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place and demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
- Experience of being supervised and utilising the supervision in clinical practise
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of significant and severe mental health problems and how it may present
- Knowledge of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions
- Knowledge of and ability to use Routine Outcome Measures to help evaluate progress of care plans
- Understands importance of collecting feedback from service users and other key stakeholders, and using this to contribute to quality improvement
- Ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessments, drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, within scope of practice
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of service users
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build and develop therapeutic and professional relationships with a range of people
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, and support the development of related, relevant care plans
- Ability to manage caseload and undertake comprehensive risk assessments, drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, within scope of practice
- Able to analyse and synthesize multiple sources of information to contribute to both the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and the development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Able to plan and deliver psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- High standard of letter and report writing
- Excellent IT skills including ability to use Microsoft Office programmes and understanding of online clinical tools and programmes
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and patient confidentiality
- Fluent in a language other than English - please state all languages you could work in
- Able to work flexibly as required (within and outside of office hours)
- Ability to travel independently across locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
Desirable
- Able to work with interpreters to deliver services
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Successful completion of a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited MHWP training programme
- or Successful completion of either University of Sussex Graduate Mental Health Practitioner course or University of Central Lancashire Associate Psychological Practitioner course
- and Completion of certificated HEE/NHSE approved conversion programme (at Sussex, UClan or Edgehill)
- Registration as a MHWP on the British Psychological Society (BPS) Wider Psychological Workforce Register
- or MHWP registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Desirable
- Relevant bachelor's degree (e.g., psychology, mental health, sociology, education etc.) graded at 2:2 or above
Continuous Professional Development/ Training
Essential
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and training
Desirable
- Evidence of continuous professional development in adult mental health of relevance to the post
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a Trainee/ qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner
- Significant experience of working with people experiencing mental health problems
- Experience of working in or with a diverse or multi-cultural community
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place and demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
- Experience of being supervised and utilising the supervision in clinical practise
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of significant and severe mental health problems and how it may present
- Knowledge of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions
- Knowledge of and ability to use Routine Outcome Measures to help evaluate progress of care plans
- Understands importance of collecting feedback from service users and other key stakeholders, and using this to contribute to quality improvement
- Ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessments, drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, within scope of practice
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of service users
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build and develop therapeutic and professional relationships with a range of people
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, and support the development of related, relevant care plans
- Ability to manage caseload and undertake comprehensive risk assessments, drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, within scope of practice
- Able to analyse and synthesize multiple sources of information to contribute to both the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and the development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Able to plan and deliver psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- High standard of letter and report writing
- Excellent IT skills including ability to use Microsoft Office programmes and understanding of online clinical tools and programmes
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and patient confidentiality
- Fluent in a language other than English - please state all languages you could work in
- Able to work flexibly as required (within and outside of office hours)
- Ability to travel independently across locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
Desirable
- Able to work with interpreters to deliver services
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
