Trainee Mental Health
2 days ago
We are looking for a highly motivated individuals to join our team as a Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners. This is an exciting new role created by Health Education England and NHS England and Improvement to support the transformation of 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.
Posts will be based across Hertfordshire in our Adult Community Mental Health Teams for Adults and Older People or in our specialist psychosis team. We will have posts in North West, South West, East and North Hertfordshire.
This role will contribute to ensuring adults with severe mental health problems have greater access to psychologically informed interventions, and supervision will be offered by a psychologist or CBT therapist alongside a community manager.
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.
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.
**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
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
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Hertfordshire Partnerships University Foundation Trust
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
- With a workforce of around 3,500 people and an annual income of some £330million this year, the Trust provides integrated health and social care services through a network of community and inpatient settings, serving diverse communities across Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk. As a university NHS foundation trust, HPFT continues to develop strong links with the University of Hertfordshire, providing excellent learning and development opportunities, as well as strengthening our clinical research capability
- Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT following our CQC rating of Outstanding awarded to us in April 2019. We are on our “Good to Great” journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and ultimately deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Our Services
We provide mental health and social care services - including Adults of Working Age, Older Adults, Children and Adolescents and Specialist Learning Disabilities services.
The Trust works in close partnership with Hertfordshire County Council and also with other NHS organisations to promote and support mental health in the community. We also provide specialist learning disability services in Norfolk and North Essex.
**The Trust provides**:
- Community Services including local teams for mental health
- Acute and Rehabilitation Services including inpatient services and crisis team
- Specialist Services
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