Mental Health Wellbeing Practioner

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Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to join our team at Telford Stars, a drug and alcohol treatment and support service for people impacted by their own or someone else's use of alcohol or drugs.

Telford Stars is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Mental Health Well-Being Practitioner (MHWP) to join our dynamic team. As a leading community drug and alcohol service provider, we are committed to delivering exceptional care and support to individuals dealing with substance use issues.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you would provide high quality interventions supporting service user who are experiencing low level mental health issues. You will be expected to facilitate an Emotional Regulation group at our main base in Priorslee but also to facilitate the groups in our other localities. You will carry a small caseload working with service users on a 1-1 basis, delivering interventions.

Why Join us?

Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of individuals dealing with substance use issues.

Supportive and collaborative work environment that values professional development and growth.

As an Inclusion MHWP, you'll be an essential part of our holistic care approach, working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

We prioritise staff growth, offering ongoing training and tailored professional development

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country.

As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff.

We have a wide range of exciting opportunities for people looking to work in a truly integrated NHS organisation. By joining MPFT you will become part of a team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:

1. To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a practitioner psychologist or CBT therapist including:a. Behavioural activation and graded exposureb. Teaching problem-solving skillsc. Improving sleepd. Recognising and managing emotionse. Guided self-helpf. Building confidenceg. Medication support

• A graduate certificate (Level
  6) or postgraduate certificate (Level
  7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)

• Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum, pro rata