Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner inMelton Mowbray inMelton Mowbray PUBLISHED TUE 28 JAN 2025

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our East Leicestershire Neighbourhood Mental Health team as a Trainee Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner! This is an exciting new role supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement as part of the transformation of adult community mental health services.

Your training will be fully funded by the NHS, and you will be eligible for a full-time qualified position if you pass the course. In return, we ask that you commit to staying with us for at least two years after you qualify. This role contributes to ensuring adults with severe mental health problems have greater access to psychologically informed interventions.

As a Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic community mental health team delivering psychologically informed interventions and supporting adults to receive the right care. You will need to have flexibility and adaptability and a passion for working with adults with severe mental health problems.

During the one-year graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training, you will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions for serious mental health problems for adults individually and in groups, as well as support their families and carers, in line with the education providers expectations.

Why join us?

• You will be part of a supportive, innovative management and leadership team, helping us to transform our mental health services to deliver the best care
• You will have access to a range of additional benefits such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• We understand that you have a life outside of work and therefore we offer a range of agile and flexible working opportunities for our staff
• You will receive support both emotional and for your ongoing continuing professional development to grow with us and enhance your skills
  
  

Please note: The trainee mental health wellbeing practitioner posts are training positions. Progression into a permanent contract is subject to passing the course. You will be transferred to Band 5 on completion of your qualification.

Training begins on 25 March 2025 and if are successful at interview (on 11 February 2025) you will need to be ready to begin on this date.

Contact Details

Dr Suki Bassey, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Lead for Adult Community Psychology , Tel:

Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)

The Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will; Attend all elements of the training programme of study and progress successfully through assessments of competence and attainment, working in an adult community mental health service when not completing the programme of study, developing and practicing psychologically-informed interventions under supervision, working directly with adults in the community

The Successful Candidate Will Support Collaborative Care Planning, Alongside Other Members Of The Multi-disciplinary Team, Working Closely Alongside a Team Of Mental Health Professionals To Deliver a Set Of Brief Wellbeing-focused Psychologically Informed Interventions Such As

• Behavioural Activation and Graded Exposure
• Problem-solving
• Improving sleep
• Recognising and managing emotions
• Guided self-help
  
  

The Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will be required to:

Demonstrate the ability to work at degree level

Have experience of work interacting with the public, working as part of a team, analysing complex information and communicating effectively

Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress, their families and carers

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.