Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP)

Job summary
The post holder will be joining a well-established operational team working within the Adults Community Mental Health Team in WAM (Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead). Our working hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, full-time.

The WAM Community Mental Health Service is a multi-disciplinary team comprised of Community Mental Health nurses, consultant psychiatrists, psychologists, psychological therapists, community connectors, Lived Experienced Workers, Employment Specialists, and Administrators/reception staff. The CMHS is funded by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job
You will work within the WAM Community Integrated Mental Health Services. You will hold a caseload and focus on delivery of a specific time-limited intervention using the recovery model. The care and treatment will focus on empowering service users to use their strengths, skills and special interest to help in their recovery whilst under the secondary services working with our Multidisciplinary Team. You will be offered regular clinical supervision and support from the Clinical Lead.

About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Details
Date posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £33,677 to £40,996 a year per annum (Incl. of HCAS)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 371-MHS1183-A
Job locations: Nicholsons House, Nicholsons Walk, Maidenhead, SL6 1LD

Job responsibilities
The 3 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:

• Be a Mental Health Nurse along with relevant professional registration.
• Hold a full UK Driving license and have use of a car for work purposes
• Broad post qualification experience within a mental health setting

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it's important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Komal Cassidy on View phone number on meeveem.com or email: View email address on meeveem.com who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification
Education, qualifications or Training
Essential

• Qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Mandatory annual registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or the British Psychological Society (BPS). OR Postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)

Previous Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
• Experience of running groups/activities
• Experience of being supervised

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties

Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential

• Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality
• Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
• Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users
• Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan
• Ability to manage caseload and undertake comprehensive risk assessments drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, jointly with supervisor
• Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
• Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
• Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
• Monitor and maintain physical and/or financial resources for a work area
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored to a variety of audiences, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise people's understanding
• Computer literate and skills to collect, collate and report on clients' progress - including knowledge of Microsoft Office including high standard of letter and report writing

Additional Requirements
Essential

• Able to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
• Able to work flexibly and travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address: Nicholsons House, Nicholsons Walk, Maidenhead, SL6 1LD
Employer's website:

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Team Lead, Komal Cassidy, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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