Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) are an exciting and growing part of the NHS psychological workforce. If you have completed a PGCert or CertGrad qualification and have at least one year’s experience in the role, we would welcome your application. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic practitioner to join our team. The Reflect Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service is expanding into East Sussex. Commissioned by NHS England, we deliver Community Sentence Treatment Requirements in partnership with the Probation Service and substance use services. The service supports individuals sentenced in Sussex courts by providing primary care mental health interventions. Based at Hastings Probation, you will work closely with partner agencies, including the Probation Service and CGL, delivering high‑quality, evidence‑based, psychologically informed interventions to individuals with complex and often marginalised needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical governance, data collection, and service development under the supervision of the clinical lead. With support, you will undertake psychological assessments and deliver tailored interventions. You will also benefit from being part of a wider psychological professions network, supporting your ongoing development and career progression.
What you’ll do
- This role plays a key part in the MHTR pathway, supporting and improving the psychological care provided to service users. It involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions appropriate to the individual’s level of training and experience, as well as carrying out related tasks to strengthen assessment, intervention, and evaluation within the care group.
- The MHWP will work autonomously, with their workload, objectives, and progress overseen through regular supervision by an HCPC‑registered Practitioner Psychologist.
- Assess the client’s suitability for these interventions.
- Typically support service users for up to 12 sessions.
- Risk assess and plan care collaboratively with service users.
- Set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
- Implement pre and post outcome measures with service users.
- Form professional relationships and relate to service users in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
- Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Regularly attend clinical supervision with a qualified psychology professional.
- Exercise good personal time management, punctuality, reliable attendance and good organisational skills.
Career Development
Engage in professional supervision, ongoing training, and opportunities for CPD and career growth within our Trust.
Benefits
- Enjoy an excellent NHS pension, generous holiday entitlement, access to NHS discount schemes and access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
Inclusive Environment
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that everyone can belong and thrive in their career with us.
Flexible Working
We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or at different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
About Sussex
- Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes.
- Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park.
- Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline, including Hastings, Bexhill on Sea and Eastbourne.
- Easy access to airports – Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 90 minutes of the county, providing links to Europe and beyond.
- London is within easy reach via local and national bus routes and national mainline stations.
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