Job summary
- Main area
- Talking Therapies
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-7303736-JB
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Generator Business Centre
- Town
- Mitcham
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 pro rata per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Wellbeing Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Due to the career growth of colleagues, we are looking for a new Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Wellbeing team in Merton Talking Therapies as the service moves forward with the ambition to place co-production with local communities at the heart of our service.
The Wellbeing Team undertakes targeted work to connect and partner with a range of groups and communities who have not traditionally accessed Talking Therapies. We also support Talking Therapies clients to remain motivated and engaged with therapy. We are an enthusiastic, creative and supportive team that thrives on collaboration and finding solutions to barriers.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support individuals to access and engage with talking therapies through the delivery of co-production, group workshop delivery and inclusive conversations in community settings. You will be using co-production and a strength-based approach to empower and motivate those who access our services in partnership with our partners: Wimbledon Guild, Focus-4-1 and Polish Family Association.
Successful applicants will be passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of individuals as well as the wider community. You will be skilled in engaging a variety of stakeholders and be able to positively challenge stigma and discrimination using your excellent communication skills. You will have experience working directly with people in a health or social care setting and ideally have experience offering health information to groups or individuals.
Flexible working:
We are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our locations:
The role is based in the Business Generator Centre in Mitcham, although travel across the whole of the Merton Borough is a core part of the role
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Group Facilitation
• To develop high standard interventions and group workshop content and resources in line with client and community need
• To facilitate or co-facilitate interventions in a group or individual basis, arranging sessions, collating materials and resources as required
• To risk assess and manage group dynamics both on site and in the community
• To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients including self-report measures and rating scales
• To promote and discuss wellbeing interventions with potential participants, staff and stakeholders to encourage attendance and engagement
• Prepare for interventions and sessions including understanding material and appropriate delivery method given range of needs presented by group participants
• Attend post intervention appraisals to review feedback forms and objectives
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and relevant professional codes of practice.
• To assist the Wellbeing Lead and others in undertaking data collection, analysis and production of reports and summaries, in relation to primary care mental health services.
Co-Production
• To edit, reflect and adapt intervention content in line with co-production discussions across community groups, in particular older people’s community organisations
• To work with community members to develop specific and tailored interventions for explicit groups
• To help research and draft marketing material for publication by the team, supporting other members of the team and working with managers across the service.
• To assist in the implementation of service co-production projects as required.
Community Engagement
• To proactively engage and work with individuals, families and groups to develop bespoke interventions to meet a variety of need
• To develop strong links with established agencies, community organisations and forums related to the role
• To develop collaborative partnership working with other primary care services
• To work strategically within a marketing and engagement plan
• To develop community drop-ins across the borough
• To identify those communities least likely to access services and target with a community engagement plan
• To deliver interventions across a range of community locations
• To provide presentations and interventions to organisations and community groups
• To raise awareness of wellbeing and mental health across the borough, challenging stigma and discrimination
Social media
• To be responsible for some of the day to day updating of the Merton Uplift social media platforms under the direction of the Wellbeing including recording and reporting regular information and trends on ‘followers’ and ‘likes’.
• To use social media to market and promote the wellbeing teams community work and drop ins to encourage local engagement with the service.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology or related experience in health and social care field.
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working within Health, Social Care or the Voluntary and Community sector
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience of facilitating groups with clients with mental health problems
- Experience of community engagement
Desirable criteria
- Experience of motivational interviewing techniques
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- High-level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- Group facilitation skills
- Specialist knowledge of effective models of mental health and social care provision
- Knowledge of Safeguarding issues and child protection requirements/legislation and how these apply to the role
- Knowledge of legislation related to mental health provision and practice
Desirable criteria
- Audit and Research skills
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity with information technology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah McDonald
- Job title
- Wellbeing Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07814 298533
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