Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
NHS AfC Band 5
£32,073 to £39,043 per annum
Permanent | Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Based within the Arun (Bognor) Neighbourhood Mental Health Team
Recently qualified as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner and ready to make a real impact?
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a passionate Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) to join our Arun (Bognor) Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering evidence-based psychological interventions to people with severe and complex mental health needs while helping shape the future of community mental health services.
You’ll join a service where MHWPs are highly valued, well supported and recognised as an integral part of the wider team.
The opportunity
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners are a relatively new and exciting addition to the NHS psychological workforce, bringing accessible, evidence-based interventions to people who need timely support.
Within this role, you’ll work alongside Psychological Professionals, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers and psychiatrists to support people experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties.
You’ll have the opportunity to deliver psychologically informed interventions, facilitate groups and workshops, support recovery-focused care and help people achieve meaningful goals that improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build specialist skills within a psychologically informed service while receiving high-quality supervision and support.
What you’ll be doing
- Delivering psychologically informed interventions based on cognitive behavioural principles
- Supporting people experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties
- Undertaking assessments and collaboratively developing care plans
- Delivering individual interventions, groups and workshops
- Supporting recovery, wellbeing and social inclusion
- Implementing outcome measures and evaluating interventions
- Working closely with families, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues
- Supporting collaborative decision-making around care and treatment
- Acting as Lead Professional where appropriate
About you
We’re looking for a motivated and compassionate practitioner who is committed to helping people achieve positive outcomes.
You will:
- Hold a recognised Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner qualification (Graduate Certificate or Postgraduate Certificate)
- Be registered as an MHWP on a recognised professional register
- Have experience delivering psychologically informed interventions using CBT principles
- Be confident building therapeutic relationships with service users
- Enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Be passionate about recovery-focused and person-centred care
Experience running groups and delivering time-limited interventions will be particularly valuable.
Why join Sussex Partnership?
You’ll be joining a service with a strong reputation for supporting staff development and helping people progress in their careers.
As part of the Arun Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, you’ll benefit from:
- High-quality supervision from experienced Psychological Professionals
- A supportive and established MHWP network across West Sussex
- Opportunities to develop specialist interests and skills
- Access to additional training, including approaches such as Guided Self-Help for Voices (GiVE)
- Flexible working opportunities where service needs allow
- NHS pension and generous annual leave entitlement
- A psychologically safe and supportive working environment
Why this role stands out
This isn’t simply an opportunity to use your MHWP qualification, it’s an opportunity to continue developing it.
West Sussex has a strong track record of investing in MHWPs and supporting career progression. Whether you’re newly qualified or completing your training, you’ll join a service that genuinely values the contribution of psychologically informed practice and is committed to helping you grow.
Live and work in West Sussex
Based in Bognor Regis, you’ll enjoy easy access to beautiful coastline, the South Downs National Park and excellent transport links across Sussex and the South East.
Ready to start the next stage of your MHWP career?
If you’re passionate about delivering evidence-based interventions and improving the lives of people experiencing mental health difficulties, we’d love to hear from you.
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