Job description

In order to start the postgraduate training programme, successful applicants need to be able to start employment in Jan 2023 at the latest. Earlier start dates are welcomed to enable you to get to know the service you will be employed in.

We are looking for highly motivated graduates with a minimum 2:2 degree to join our service as a Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner.

This is an exciting, brand-new role created by Health Education England and NHS England and Improvement to support the transformation of adult community mental health services.

Your training will be fully funded by the NHS. On qualification you will be eligible for a full-time qualified position (at Agenda for Change band 5).

In return, we ask that you commit to staying with us for at least two years after you qualify. You will not be eligible for other NHS funded training for 2 years after the course has ended.

This role will contribute 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 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.

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

For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Arlene Marshall, Team Manager arlene.marshall@swlstg.nhs.uk / 07790389984

Please note: The trainee mental health wellbeing practitioner posts are training positions.

Progression into a permanent contract is subject to passing the course.

Successful candidates will be expected to travel to University College London to complete their training, but the position will be based in a team in the London borough of Richmond.

Benefits:
We offer a number of excellent staff benefits and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, we support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, compressed hours and working from home.
• Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Subsidised car parking - You can park at any of our sites at a reduced rate of £20/month.
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Eye examinations
• Looking after your health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car lease scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

We are committed to developing a service 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.

For one day a week you will attend University College London to attend their one-year postgraduate certificate training.

For the remainder of the week 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 for their families and carers, in line with the education providers expectations.

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
• work in an adult community mental health service when not completing the programme of study
• 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 - not therapy - for example:
• 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

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