Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

at  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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.

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

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