Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner The closing date is 12 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We are looking for two highly motivated individuals to join our Older Adult Community Mental Health teams (CMHTs) as Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP). Two posts are available, across our four Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams (Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth & Croydon). This is an exciting new role created by NHS England to support the transformation of older adult community mental health services. Your training will be fully funded by the NHS. This role contributes to ensuring older adults with severe mental health problems have greater access to psychologically informed interventions. Please note: The trainee mental health wellbeing practitioner posts are training positions. Successful candidates will be expected to study at University College London and may need to travel to campus. They will also need to travel between different locations across the four SLaM Boroughs, including visiting people at their homes, for their clinical work. We are committed to developing a team that is fully representative of the communities that we serve. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience of supporting older people or with personal caring responsibilities. If relevant, please make this explicit in your supporting statement and describe how this experience has informed your practice and skills. Main duties of the job As a Trainee MHWP, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team delivering psychologically informed interventions and supporting adults to receive the right care. You will need to have flexibility and adaptability and a passion for working with older adults with severe mental health problems. During the one-year graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training, you will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions for serious mental health problems for adults individually and in groups, as well as support their families and carers, in line with the education providers expectations. About us The Older Adult service is a dedicated service to meet the mental health needs of people aged over 65, which is highly valued by service users and their support networks. This means we work with a range of presentations from depression, anxiety to trauma and psychosis and sometimes these difficulties present in the context of dementia: our work is fascinating and important as we work with a vulnerable and interesting client group. We are a multi-disciplinary service: our CMHTs work to provide ongoing support to people living at home whilst our HTTs provide short term input to support people in crisis Each borough CMHT is based as follows: Croydon: Heavers Resource Centre, 122 Selhurst Road , London, SE25 6LLLewisham: 91 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DWSouthwark: Marina House, 63-65 Denmark Hill, SE5 8RZLambeth: Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ The Trust: The South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) and committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. It provides mental healt