Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
34 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
- Personal Attributes
High level of enthusiasm and motivation
- Personal Attributes
Capable of independent travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Personal Attributes
Able to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Personal Attributes
Able to work under pressure
- Personal Attributes
Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Personal Attributes
Able to be self-reflective
- Personal Attributes
Able to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Personal Attributes
Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise
- Personal Attributes
when they arise. Able to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time
- Personal Attributes
Able to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern
- Personal Attributes
Able to work flexibly and adapt to each person as appropriate to their needs in a variety of settings
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Knowledge and experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience running groups/ activities
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience working as part o a team.
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience of being supervised
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who ar e cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
A ble 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
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual’s health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team’s understanding and formulation of service users’ difficulties and development of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people’s health and wellbeing needs
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to prioritise workload according to peoples’ changing needs and the priorities of the team
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security.
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client’s progress on a daily basis.
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience of considering the impact of public health within an individual’s care
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience in discussing and responding to issues related to cultural diversity, intersectionality and inclusivity, including working with vulnerable groups (e.g. those for whom English is not their first language).
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Experience of managing multiple demands/ working in challenging environments
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Awareness of systemic barriers to accessing psychological services/healthcare for minoritised communities
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Awareness of the relationship between social, economic and environmental factors and mental health
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Personal Attributes
Fluent in languages other than English
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity within the newly combined Harrogate & Ripon Community Treatment Team for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWBP).
The successful candidate will have either a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will work under supervision of an Applied Psychologist as part of a dynamic mental health team delivering psychologically informed interventions and supporting adults to receive the right care through care planning. You will need to have flexibility and adaptability and a passion for working with adults with severe mental health problems.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work under supervision from an HCPC registered applied psychologist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions, with a level of autonomy matched to level of experience.
The role of the Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner is to develop and practice psychologically-informed interventions under supervision, working directly with adults in the community . You will support collaborative care planning, alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
You will work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals to deliver a set of brief wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions : Behavioural Activation and Graded Exposure using the “GOALS” programme Problem-solving Improving sleep Recognising and managing emotions Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating Confidence building Support with medicines management
In addition to this, the postholder will carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
You will engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
You will engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
You will 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.
You will attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
You will set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Mental Health and Well-Being Practitioner with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in Darlington, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 (pro rata), per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover). The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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