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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 11 August 2025

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner within the Wigan Later and Memory Service(LLAMS). The LLAMS service comprises of the Memory Assessment and Treatment service, Care Home Liaison Team and the Older Adults Community Mental Team.

The successful candidate will deliver evidence based psychologically informed interventions to older adults with common and complex mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety and emotion regulation difficulties.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) role in LLAMS offers accessible, tailored psychological interventions including:-

Psychoeducation (e.g., understanding anxiety, low mood, emotional wellbeing)

Evidence-based psychological interventions for depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation

Collaborative assessments and psychological formulations

Facilitating monthly carer support groups offering psychologically informed spaces tailored to carers' roles (e.g., spouses, adult children). These sessions support carers with identity loss, grief, coping strategies, and emotional wellbeing, empowering and creating a safe space for those who care for a person with dementia.

Home visits are routinely offered to improve access for individuals who face barriers to attending clinics, including mobility issues, cognitive impairment, or distress related to unfamiliar environments.

Main duties of the job

Ability to adapt to and work with individuals experiencing both functional and organic conditions, such as dementia, Parkinson's disease, and mild cognitive impairments.

Conduct comprehensive assessments, using routine outcome measures such as ReQoL, to inform collaborative, strengths-based psychological formulations.

Implement a goals led assessment and formulation using SMART Goals.

Deliver tailored, one-to-one interventions that accommodate cognitive impairments, communication needs, memory difficulties, and physical frailty.

Offer psychological support to carers and family members, including monthly carer groups adapted to the relational context (e.g., spouses, children, co-carers).Contribute to care plans and risk management plans, ensuring psychological insights are embedded, and that plans are accurate, timely, and collaboratively agreed.

Engage actively in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) collaboration, supporting holistic care through shared decision-making with senior nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, OTs etc.

Apply a formulation-led, flexible intervention approach, including CBT-informed techniques like behavioural activation and graded exposure -- adjusting for the needs of older adults.

Utilise both clinical and management supervision to reflect on practice, enhance clinical thinking, maintain safety, and ensure high-quality, accountable care.

Contribute to service development and evaluation where possible.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Details

Date posted

28 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-7314501

Job locations

Claire House Health Centre

Phoenix Way

Wigan

WN3 4NW


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • See attached detailed job description and person specification:

    Staff benefits

    • Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
    • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
    • Excellent pension
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Salary sacrifice car scheme
    • Wellbeing programme
    • Blue Light Card Discounts

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • See attached detailed job description and person specification:

    Staff benefits

    • Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
    • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
    • Excellent pension
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Salary sacrifice car scheme
    • Wellbeing programme
    • Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • An Honours Degree 2:2 or above or a professional qualification related to Health or Social Care Post Grad Certificate in primary care mental healthcare Postgraduate diploma in CBT, IAPT High Intensity CBT diploma). BABCP registered CBT practitioner Or Member of an appropriate professional body

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in adult mental health settings

Desirable

  • Experience of working in secure, forensic or prison settings

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of delivering interventions to both group and individual

Desirable

  • Experience of supporting service development

Abilities

Essential

  • Working within a MDT

Desirable

  • evidence of line managing junior staff
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • An Honours Degree 2:2 or above or a professional qualification related to Health or Social Care Post Grad Certificate in primary care mental healthcare Postgraduate diploma in CBT, IAPT High Intensity CBT diploma). BABCP registered CBT practitioner Or Member of an appropriate professional body

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in adult mental health settings

Desirable

  • Experience of working in secure, forensic or prison settings

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of delivering interventions to both group and individual

Desirable

  • Experience of supporting service development

Abilities

Essential

  • Working within a MDT

Desirable

  • evidence of line managing junior staff

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Claire House Health Centre

Phoenix Way

Wigan

WN3 4NW


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Claire House Health Centre

Phoenix Way

Wigan

WN3 4NW


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Rebecca Blydgen

rebecca.blydgen@gmmh.nhs.uk

01942764462

Details

Date posted

28 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-7314501

Job locations

Claire House Health Centre

Phoenix Way

Wigan

WN3 4NW


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