Make a difference. Be part of change.
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe in a better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness—and we won’t stop until that’s a reality.
We’re looking for a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Sequoia Service, supporting people with complex emotional needs and personality difficulties across Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). This is an exciting opportunity to shape a growing, innovative service, working alongside clinical partners and people with lived experience.
About the role
In this role, you’ll combine hands-on delivery, team leadership, and service development to make a real impact.
You will:
- Deliver clinical and non-clinical interventions, primarily DBTi (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Lite), but including Psycho-Education programmes, MBTi (Mentalisation Based Therapy Lite) and Peer Support groups, depending on capacity needed.
- Supervise a small team, helping colleagues grow and thrive
- Work alongside NHS partners (AWP) in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Promote a person-centred, trauma-informed approach to care
- Support people to build skills, confidence and meaningful connections in their communities
You’ll play a key role in ensuring everything we deliver is safe, high-quality and focused on outcomes that matter.
About the service
Our Sequoia Service is a collaborative, community-based offer developed with:
- NHS partners
- Experts by experience
- Local communities
Together, we provide flexible group and peer support that helps people:
- Build coping strategies
- Improve wellbeing and independence
- Feel connected and supported
- Achieve personal goals
What you’ll bring
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in mental health or social care support
- Confident in leading or supervising others
- Skilled at working with people with complex emotional needs
- Comfortable delivering group-based interventions
- Compassionate, resilient and person-centred in approach
You’ll also have:
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- A good understanding of risk management and safeguarding
- The ability to manage a varied workload across locations
- A commitment to continuous learning and reflection
Lived experience of mental illness is valued and welcomed.
What you’ll get in return
- Full training, including DBT and supervision development
- Opportunities to shape a growing and innovative service
- A supportive team culture that values lived experience
- Ongoing professional development and career progression
- The chance to truly change lives every day
Ready to apply?
If you’re passionate about mental health, thrive in a collaborative environment, and want to be part of something meaningful—we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us create a better future for people severely affected by mental illness.
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Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:
- Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
- Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
- Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
- Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
- Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
- Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
- Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.
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. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. 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 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of 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.
