Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

Job summary

As a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Band 5) within the Psychological Therapy Service at Inclusion Thurrock, you will play a pivotal role in supporting adults with severe mental health problems in a primary care setting. This is a permanent, full-time position (1.0 WTE) to ensure the team continues to meet essential KPIs, specifically the 28-day initial assessment target aligned with MHSDS standards. Working under the supervision of Senior Cognitive Behavioural Therapists or Practitioner Psychologists, you will provide evidence-based, psychologically informed interventions based on CBT principles. You will be joining a team navigating a significant period of restructuring and funding changes, making this role "an essential cog" in maintaining service flow, clinical performance, and staff morale. The post holder must hold a Level 6 or Level 7 graduate/postgraduate certificate in the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners.

Main duties of the job

The primary focus of this role is the delivery of high-quality, collaborative care and evidence-based interventions for service users and their families. Key duties include:

• Assessment & Risk Management: Carrying out initial clinical assessments and risk management plans within the required 28-day timeframe.
• Clinical Interventions: Delivering specified 1:1 and group interventions, such as behavioural activation, graded exposure, problem-solving skills, and sleep hygiene.
• Care Coordination: Acting as a care coordinator to monitor progress, set collaborative goals, and support shared decision-making within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Clinical Supervision: Engaging in regular case management and clinical skill supervision to ensure the delivery of safe, high-standard care

• Relationship Management: Building empathic, professional relationships with service users in distress and liaising with external partners like GPs and voluntary agencies

About us

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country.

As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff.

We have a wide range of exciting opportunities for people looking to work in a truly integrated NHS organisation. By joining MPFT you will become part of a team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications