We invite applications for two enthusiastic and compassionate mental health and wellbeing practitioners to work within our urgent care mental health services in Coventry and Warwickshire.
This is an exciting role created by Health Education England and NHS England and Improvement to support the transformation of mental health services. Your training (commencing October 2025) will be fully funded by the NHS, and you will be eligible for a full-time qualified position if you pass the course. These posts are suitable for both graduates (e.g., psychology) and non-graduates, who have the right mental health experience and personal qualities. This role will contribute to ensuring adults with severe mental health problems have greater access to psychologically informed interventions.
What Grade Will I Be?
As a trainee mental health and wellbeing practitioner, you'll be paid on the Agenda for Change ( AFC ) pay system commencing at Band 4. After qualifying, you'll be paid at Band 5.
Please note, due to the requirements of the course, candidates must be available to commence employment no later than 20th October 2025.
You will be involved in the delivery of psychological interventions within a Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).
The role involves seeing adult patients who are being supported by the CRHTT, and providing psychological support for them in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. This will include providing the following psychological interventions:
behavioural activation and graded exposure
problem-solving
improving sleep
recognising and managing emotions
confidence building
providing information and advice, such as connecting service users with other agencies.
You'll work as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team to promote good mental health and recovery from a period of crisis.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For more information on this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
The training:
You'll undertake a one-year training programme, you'll spend one day a week studying at Worcester university and the remainder of the time (three to four days) working in or undertaking specific training tasks in community mental health services. You will have regular meetings with your supervisor to support you to deliver high quality, evidence-based interventions.
You will need:
excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusting and productive relationships with a range of people
to be able to work well within a multidisciplinary team
a good understanding of mental health issues
strong written and verbal communication skills, tailored to a variety of audiences
the ability to work independently and use initiative to think quickly on the spot in often challenging situations
creativity to solve problems and tackle obstacles
effective time management for managing competing demands in a busy and sometimes pressured work environment
To be able to travel independently to a variety of locations across Coventry and Warwickshire for your clinical work and to Worcester university for your training course.
Entry requirements
PG Cert Level 7 - Minimum 2:2 degree in a relevant field
Grad Cert Level 6 - Level 5 qualification or equivalent
You'll need to be able to demonstrate a willingness to work in a hopeful and productive way with adults with severe mental health problems.
The trainee mental health wellbeing practitioner posts are training positions. Progression into a permanent contract is subject to passing the course
You will need to demonstrate your ability to study at degree level or above. You can train for a postgraduate or graduate certificate, depending on whether or not you already have a degree qualification.
Successful candidates will be expected to travel to Worcester University to complete their training.