Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are excited to welcome applicants for two Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner(MHWPs) posts in North West Sussex, at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust. Please note that for the first year, until qualification, this is a trainee post which will require studying at the University of Sussex for a year at the same time as working in this service

Sussex Partnership is a mental health trust offering care across Sussex to adults, older adults and children with mental health problems.

Those successful in the posts will be trained to offer psychologically-informed interventions to people in our Community and Crisis mental health teams, alongside our multi-disciplinary colleagues. You will be part of our Psychological professionals team, receiving high quality supervision and continued professional development and support. If you are successful in this post you will receive NHS funded training at Sussex University, and a salary with us at Sussex Partnership for the placement element of your training. The years training will then equip you to apply for qualified MHWP posts within our trust and we will endeavour to provide a post in the service after qualification.

Please note, you cannot train or apply for another NHS England training (including clinical psychology training) within two years of taking on an MHWP role

 

Main duties of the job

There is national recognition that MHWP posts play a key role in the provision of psychological therapies in our mental health teams. These are multi-disciplinary teams that work with people in the community and you will be providing intensive short term therapeutic interventions within the context of the wider team.

We have two posts across North West Sussex, one in a Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, based in Mid Sussex (Haywards Heath and East Grinstead) and one post in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team, based at Langley Green Hospital.

We will be offering a centralised recruitment process, candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be invited to a single interview.

Successful candidates will then be offered a post based on their preferences. Please state your preferred base in the supporting Information.

In your supporting statement, please answer the following question: “what is your understanding of Trauma informed Care and how it related to secondary mental health care”.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Bachelors degree at 2:2 in any subject for entry to Postgraduate route

Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of work interacting with the public
  • Experience working as part of a team
  • Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing

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: 27 September 2026

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