Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity within East Durham community mental health team working with working age adults for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work under close case management supervision from an HCPC registered applied psychologist or BABCP accredited CBT therapist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions, with a level of autonomy matched to level of demonstrated competence and stage of training.
About us
We are the Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York & Selby.
We are committed to co-creating safe and personalised care that improves the lives of people by involving them as equal partners. The most important way we will get there is by living our values, all of the time.
Psychological Professions staff will be expected to display the Trust values at all times, working as part of the collective team with shared accountability and responsibility for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of patient care is delivered in a patient centred manner. They will also contribute to ensuring the culture of our services is built upon the Trust Values and the trust's strategy - Our Journey To change (OJTC).
We're also committed to co-creating a great experience for our colleagues- find out more about why you should come and work for us here Why choose TEWV? - Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust
We are committed to developing a team that is fully representative of the communities that we serve, and especially welcome applications from individuals with protected characteristics that are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Details
Date posted
26 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-DDA-060-25-A
Job locations
Merrick House
Seaside Lane
Easington village, Co Durham
SR8 3DY
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Support collaborative care planning, alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
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
Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
To 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.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. 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).
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
2. Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
Skills
Essential
3. Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
4. Ability to liaise with with others, both internally and externally as required for the wellbeing of the service user.
5. To assist in assessment, risk assessment and multi-disciplinary care plan.
6. Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically-informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs