Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Leatherhead, United Kingdom - Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Leatherhead, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust(SABP) in partnership withUniversity of Sussexare offering an exciting "Recruit to Train" opportunity for Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our team.

This is an exciting brand-new role created byHealth Education EnglandandNHS Improvementto support the transformation of Adult Community Mental Health services and the integration of services into Primary Care.

This is a training and development role within adult community mental health services.


The post-holder will be enrolled in a postgraduate certificate training programme, delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners.


The post holder will be paid at a Band 4 for the period of their training and will progress to Band 5 following the successful completion of all aspects of their academic training and a competency-based interview.

The role offers the opportunity,

  • To work alongside service users, families, carers, and multidisciplinary team members to coordinate care and supporting collaborative decisionmaking about care and treatment.
  • To deliver a set of wellbeingfocused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitivebehavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.


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 Masters 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
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.


Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.


We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.

We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.


Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.


They will also attend all designated placement days within a community mental health service, where they will develop practice-based skills and competencies under close supervision from their clinical supervisor.


Trainees are expected to always work within the limits of their competency and their skills will be continually assessed throughout their training.

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
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