Band 5 Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner – Bath: Sponsorship Available

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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.

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

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).

Closing Date: 16 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.