Trainee Mental Health Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom Livewell Southwest CIC Full time

37.5 hours per week. We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our team as Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners. 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 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.

You will contribute 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 team delivering psychologically informed interventions, supporting adults to receive the right care. You will have flexibility, adaptability and a passion for working with adults with complex and 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.



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