Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner within the Wigan Later and Memory Service(LLAMS). The LLAMS service comprises of the Memory Assessment and Treatment service, Care Home Liaison Team and the Older Adults Community Mental  Team. 

The successful candidate will deliver evidence based psychologically informed interventions to older adults with common and complex mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety and emotion regulation difficulties.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) role in LLAMS offers accessible, tailored psychological interventions including:-

Psychoeducation (e.g., understanding anxiety, low mood, emotional wellbeing)

 Evidence-based psychological interventions for depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation

Collaborative assessments and psychological formulations

 Facilitating monthly carer support groups offering psychologically informed spaces tailored to carers’ roles (e.g., spouses, adult children). These sessions support carers with identity loss, grief, coping strategies, and emotional wellbeing, empowering and creating a safe space for those who care for a person with dementia.

  Home visits are routinely offered to improve access for individuals who face barriers to attending clinics, including mobility issues, cognitive impairment, or distress related to unfamiliar environments. 

Main duties of the job

 Ability to adapt to and work with individuals experiencing both functional and organic conditions, such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and mild cognitive impairments.

Conduct comprehensive assessments, using routine outcome measures such as ReQoL, to inform collaborative, strengths-based psychological formulations.

Implement a goals led assessment and formulation using SMART Goals.

Deliver tailored, one-to-one interventions that accommodate cognitive impairments, communication needs, memory difficulties, and physical frailty.

Offer psychological support to carers and family members, including monthly carer groups adapted to the relational context (e.g., spouses, children, co-carers).Contribute to care plans and risk management plans, ensuring psychological insights are embedded, and that plans are accurate, timely, and collaboratively agreed.

Engage actively in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) collaboration, supporting holistic care through shared decision-making with senior nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, OTs etc.

Apply a formulation-led, flexible intervention approach, including CBT-informed techniques like behavioural activation and graded exposure — adjusting for the needs of older adults.

Utilise both clinical and management supervision to reflect on practice, enhance clinical thinking, maintain safety, and ensure high-quality, accountable care.

Contribute to service development and evaluation where possible.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.