Band 5 Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Bath
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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Band 5 Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Bath
The closing date is 16 November 2026
Job summary
We are looking to recruit a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner to support those with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. We are an approachable, friendly and welcoming team dedicated to providing excellent care to our local population.
We are a team consisting of Consultant's Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurses, Clinical Associate Psychologists, MHWP's and recovery coordinators. We are in an exciting period of transformation and developing our treatment offers to service user's with severe and enduring mental health conditions.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.
To deliver a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
30 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-BNS074-1026
Job locations
Bath NHS House
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care coordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:
- Behavioural activation and graded exposure.
- Teaching problem-solving skills.
- Improving sleep.
- Recognising and managing emotions.
- Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating.
- Building confidence.
- Medication support.
To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.
To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention.
To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care coordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:
- Behavioural activation and graded exposure.
- Teaching problem-solving skills.
- Improving sleep.
- Recognising and managing emotions.
- Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating.
- Building confidence.
- Medication support.
To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.
To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention.
To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Completed a qualification as a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP)
- Experience working in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Practicing as a MHWP in a recovery team
- Experience of carrying out a range of interventions
- Experience of managing a caseload
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Completed a qualification as a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP)
- Experience working in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Practicing as a MHWP in a recovery team
- Experience of carrying out a range of interventions
- Experience of managing a caseload
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Bath NHS House
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Bath NHS House
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Manager
Frankie Orchard
01225731631
Details
Date posted
30 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-BNS074-1026
Job locations
Bath NHS House
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
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