Job Summary
We’re looking for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) to work within the Darlington Community Mental Health Teams (Community HUB and Community Treatment & Intervention Team).
The MHWP will provide a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles for people with severe mental illness.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to contribute to co-ordination of 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.
To work under close case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional to provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. To work under close clinical skills supervision from a suitably qualified member of the MDT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
Desirable
- Working with complexity in a mental health setting.
- Understanding of clinical risk management in practice.
Skills
Essential
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised.
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Experience around the role of the key worker.
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.
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).
Closing Date: 18 January 2026
