Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Rochdale, OL12 9DW
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 September 2026
15 days left
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly regarded and innovative mental health serviceinside HMP Buckley Hall. The service principles are base...
Working in close proximity with mental health service users and their carers whereappropriate.
Working flexibly and responsively to provide support and assistance to meet theassessed mental health needs of the service and service users.
Working collaboratively across a range of disciplines to continuously develop expertisein assisting team members to achieve positive health care outcomes for service users.
Promoting the health, well being and mental health of service users and carers.
Promoting the development of the role to support and promote skill mix and workforcemodernisation within their service areas.
Facilitate and develop group therapies/activities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Experience/ qualification
Essential
- Experience of working with offenders or providing community based social prescribing solutions.
Desirable
- Foundation Degree) in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
Experience/ qualification
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of Mental Health, Social Care and/or SMS
Desirable
- NVQ 3 or equivalent training Qualifications related to Psychological health and /depression /anxiety management or demonstrated experience.
Experience/ qualification
Essential
- Ability to facilitate groups
Desirable
- Knowledge of specialist needs of service users within the prison environment and criminal justice systems.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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