Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner - Consett, United Kingdom - Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

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We are looking for 2 highly motivated individuals to join our organisation 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, and you will be eligible for a full-time qualified Band 5 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.


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
  • Problemsolving
  • Improving sleep
  • Recognising and managing emotions
  • Guided selfhelp for bulimia and bingeeating
  • Confidence building
  • Support with medicines management

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