# Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-and-wellbeing-practitioner/c7548f67-a31b-4333-8b02-9c8cdad4ace4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-and-wellbeing-practitioner/c7548f67-a31b-4333-8b02-9c8cdad4ace4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa / pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (One full time vacancy available (37.5hrs)) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:32:01.188Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Haywards_Heath/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Wellbeing_Practitioner/Mental_Health_Wellbeing_Practitioner-v8032035 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032035?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This post is only open to those with an appropriate MHWP qualification - Registration with either the BPS or BABCP. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP)  to join our Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (Community team) based in Haywards Heath and East Grinstead.  The team highly values the MHWP role and has a long history of employing MHWPs or GMHPs. The post holder will have completed the MHWP Training via a recognised MHWP training course, having completed placements and been assessed with competencies in assessment of mental health needs and risk assessment and will have had some experience of delivering psychologically informed interventions. The successful applicant will join a multi-disciplinary team which has Clinical Psychologists, CBT therapists, a Systemic Family therapist, as well an Assistant Psychologist and trainee clinical psychologists.  There will be regular supervision from a Clinical Psychologist.  Additional training relevant to the role will be provided, as well as support to take part in a robust preceptorship programme if required. ### Main duties of the job Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners help provide outstanding care and treatment, co-ordinate care provided, support people with their recovery journey, offer time limited interventions, monitor risks, and collaborate with carers and families.  The post holder will have a crucial role in delivering high quality interventions to our service users ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be working with a range of clients, providing high quality psychologically informed interventions, in a team where staff well-being is a high priority. Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities. ## Job Details This post is only open to those with an appropriate MHWP qualification - Registration with either the BPS or BABCP. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP)  to join our Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (Community team) based in Haywards Heath and East Grinstead.  The team highly values the MHWP role and has a long history of employing MHWPs or GMHPs. The post holder will have completed the MHWP Training via a recognised MHWP training course, having completed placements and been assessed with competencies in assessment of mental health needs and risk assessment and will have had some experience of delivering psychologically informed interventions. The successful applicant will join a multi-disciplinary team which has Clinical Psychologists, CBT therapists, a Systemic Family therapist, as well an Assistant Psychologist and trainee clinical psychologists.  There will be regular supervision from a Clinical Psychologist.  Additional training relevant to the role will be provided, as well as support to take part in a robust preceptorship programme if required. ## Job Description Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners help provide outstanding care and treatment, co-ordinate care provided, support people with their recovery journey, offer time limited interventions, monitor risks, and collaborate with carers and families.  The post holder will have a crucial role in delivering high quality interventions to our service users ## Responsibilities You will be working with a range of clients, providing high quality psychologically informed interventions, in a team where staff well-being is a high priority. Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice - Experience running groups/activities - Experience working as part of a team - Experience of being supervised - Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing ### Qualification and registration **Essential** - A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health) or post graduate certificate achieved via the Graduate Mental Health Practitioner training plus the additional certified MHWP training modules. - Registered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [job description (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319630) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.