Wellbeing Practitioner

Vacancy Location: Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucester. This is a Temporary/Fixed Term Contract, 35 hours per week. Your role: Rethink Mental Illness is an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Wellbeing Practitioner to become part of a team in providing excellent quality of support to people using the Sequoia Tree Service. This is a FTC ending: 31st March 2026. Sequoia is a new support offer across the BNSSG locality and is delivered in partnership with Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP) Trust. This will require the post holder to work cohesively with the partnership as one integrated service including attending team meetings, reflective practice sessions and meeting in shared locations regularly.

The core hours of the service are from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm with the possibility of occasional evening working when needed. Both the location and operating hours are to be continuously reviewed as the service evolves, incorporating feedback from staff and service users. There is an aspiration to extend the operating hours of the service to 8am-8pm as the service expands.

The successful candidate will have:

• Work proactively and collaboratively with others; be creative, adaptable, and bring a positive enthusiasm to their work.
• Experience and knowledge of the best ways to support people who have a diagnosis of personality disorder or complex emotional needs.
• Experience of dealing with and reporting incidents, accidents, near misses, and safeguarding reporting.
• The ability to assess, plan and monitor support to achieve and evidence recovery and service outcomes.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to plan and prioritise a complex workload.
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental illness and familiarity with best practice developments.
• Experience of supporting people experiencing mental health crises and those with complex emotional needs who are at risk of crisis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate confidently with colleagues of all levels.
• Engagement with and placing service users, including carers, at the heart of our services.
• Excellent IT skills – proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
• A strong working knowledge of mental health and appropriate intervention methods.
• QCF Diploma or NVQ level 3 in Care or Certificate in Community Mental Healthcare (or working towards) or an equivalent qualification.
• The ability to travel freely and flexibly across the BNSSG locality area in order to work effectively with people accessing our service.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Who are we? We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like it’s key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services.

We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are LGBTQIA+, people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation: We have an ambition to become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement. We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

What do we value?

• Passion: We are passionate about leading the way to a better quality of life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.
• Commitment: We work tirelessly to provide support for everyone severely affected by mental illness.
• Hope: We offer hope of a better quality of life for all those severely affected by mental illness.
• Expertise: We constantly use our expertise to provide practical and personal support for people who are severely affected by mental illness.
• Equity: We believe that in a world where discrimination and disadvantage exist, treating people with equity is critical to ensure justice and fairness for all.

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development, and a range of e-learning courses. You will also receive:

• Employer funded pension
• Flexible working
• Life assurance up to £55 towards the cost of new glasses or lenses
• Training opportunities, e-learning courses & much more
• Annual leave: 25 days rising to 30, plus bank holidays
• PULSE Reward, Benefits and Recognition Platform
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Rethink day: 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday

For the full list, see our website.

Our colleagues say:

• “From the very start I was made to feel welcome and respected in my new team. In the short time I have been working with Rethink Mental Illness as a service administrator I have been able to contribute ideas and make meaningful change, and I appreciate that Rethink allows me to direct my own role development and help me build on the skills I want to work on.”
• “Working for Rethink Mental Illness is the most rewarding job I could ask for. As a Peer and Volunteer Co-ordinator I get to work with a huge variety of people, with a range of skills and support them to incorporate those skills into their volunteering roles.”
• “I’ve previously worked in a large corporate environment, in the criminal justice sector and other charities. Without a shadow of a doubt, Rethink Mental Illness has been the best employer I’ve ever had. They care about their staff. It’s great working with like-minded people and knowing that you are making a real difference to people’s lives.”
• “It feels very rewarding to be part of such a meaningful Organisation where everyone is valued and has the opportunity to make a difference.”

Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.