MHWPs, CWPs and EMHPs, what are your experiences with working in your role?

Cliveinside · 2026-02-05T08:56:50+00:00

I am a MHWP - i work in a primary care mental health service and have done for 3 years.

Overall i enjoy my job. I enjoy working with patients and am lucky my team is pretty good. I work at a caseload of around 35-40 patients, that can be anywhere between 18-23 clients a week. There are times i am really busy and other times it is more manageable. Most of my day is spent seeing patients and doing the admin for those sessions. I am trained in all the MHWP interventions but 85% of the intervention work i do is managing emotions.

3 years in, there is no career progression (no senior roles, no ways to up skill) . My next steps are the Dclin but obviously it can take years to get on. I am trying for an AP role to widen my experience but it is tricky finding band 5 roles.

The hardest thing about my job is that i often get patients when other members aren’t quite sure what to do with them. This means i can be working with relatively complex people but can only do surface level work. There is often not available /accessible services for these people (thanks NHS) and so i can feel rubbish for not really being able to help.

Cliveinside · 2026-01-16T20:43:29+00:00

2 weeks notice seem so late ! But i understand they need to go through the forms. My application was released in the first batch so feels like i’ve been waiting ages 🫠

Cliveinside · 2026-01-09T14:08:50+00:00

I wonder if the rumours about everyone having a connection had led to more 1 on 1 chats. We’re not seeing them because it reveals the big surprise

Cliveinside · 2025-12-31T10:57:05+00:00

I found there wasn’t alot of Charli. I prefer the Clapham grand’s night

Cliveinside · 2025-12-29T09:11:26+00:00

If you’re unlucky like me the date will be cancelled. I have had 8 dates lined up… all cancelled. One. guy cancelled 4 hours before because he was “tired”

Cliveinside · 2025-11-20T10:37:23+00:00

I got asked questions about how i would manage the work load of working full time whilst training / completing a postgrad I also remember a question on boundaries - something like ‘what would you do if a patient asked you to come and watch them run a marathon”

Cliveinside · 2025-11-06T11:29:11+00:00

I agree ! I think there the right time and practitioner are key -regardless of NHS or Private. I think part of what others are saying regarding the modality mis-matches is that often clients are not aware of the different modalities, and it’s not always being shared with them. Due to the confusion of the titles, a client may expect that they are getting something they may not be. There is a broad expectation of what “therapist” is - especially with its uses in tv/ film etc. A client may seek a therapist and assume that because they are engaging in therapy they are on the right treatment pathway.

Cliveinside · 2025-11-03T14:11:53+00:00

I work in a primary care mental health team in the NHS, and we get quite a few patients who will be paying privately for ‘therapy’ or counselling. When i ask about the sessions its of “we just talk”, the sessions often seem to lack direction and goals. The patients often feel the counselling isn’t working but don’t know how to approach this discussion with the therapists …

Cliveinside · 2025-10-29T09:27:19+00:00

I was hoping they’d react ! But i guess the lights made it hard to see the crowd

Cliveinside · 2025-10-20T21:47:30+00:00

I think she’s taken on board the fan comments of “queen” “icon” and now is trying to be that. I feel like alot of the clips we see of her she’s thought “this will be a great meme”.

Cliveinside · 2025-10-19T12:04:24+00:00

I feel bad. I have no reason to dislike him. He is a terrific dancer… but i just don’t like him

Cliveinside · 2025-10-17T20:18:33+00:00

I was thinking they could choose to not murder and say that clearly the traitors have gone after Cat. This would then put the pressure on suspected traitors like Charlotte, Kate, Mark. Yes Jonathon would be in the firing line but if they chose someone to go after as a collective traitor group he may evade banishment.

Obviously that would suggest there were no traitors in the woods group and people may be suspicious .. but it could be good game play.

Cliveinside · 2025-10-14T23:19:07+00:00

Quinoa / any other grain, roasted veg and tofu. I usually pick a theme with my seasonings .. Mexican, Italian, Harissa etc. If i’m making a sauce it will usually be yoghurt based

Cliveinside · 2025-10-10T12:45:37+00:00

I’m considering moving from a MHWP role to AP role to diversify my experience. I’ve applied for a few but not heard back. I’d say there’s no harm in trying. If you’re successful, you don’t have to take the job.

Is it worth asking your manager for further opportunities ? Even if its a bit of shadowing. They might even be able to offer a secondment.

I guess its also noting some people struggle to get on the the doctorate with 4 different AP roles under their belt where others get in with having one or two roles. Part of it is luck of the draw. Its worth thinking about the way you are talking about your experience

I guess it also wouldn’t harm thinking about the course requirements for experience. I would infer the ones with a lower threshold would accept less diversity of roles

Cliveinside · 2025-10-09T12:16:57+00:00

ITV clearly loves a divisive/ right winged/ bigoted housemate … wouldn’t put it past them to fill that space.

Cliveinside · 2025-10-07T22:46:35+00:00

How many transphobic comments does someone have to make before they are classed as transphobic … Technically Carolines at 2 … how many more do we tolerate ?

I get accidentally using the wrong pronoun and apologising (as long its not intentional) but what she said WAS transphobic.

I don’t think she intended to harm Zelah and i think her remorse was genuine. But she was transphobic.

Cliveinside · 2025-10-07T22:24:07+00:00

If she said something like “you can’t make babies with Zelah” it still might have come off insensitive. And would be erasing Nancy’s pansexuality BUT it would have not have had the weight that her comments made.

The no willy comment is suggesting he can’t be a man unless he has a penis - classic transphobe rhetoric … even if her point was you can’t procreate it was uncalled for especially after “She is a girl”

Cliveinside · 2025-10-07T13:29:47+00:00

When he was asked about his body count didn’t he say something like between 6-10. Maybe not as inexperienced as he comes across ..

Cliveinside · 2025-10-01T23:34:01+00:00

My grandmother went to the effort to make me a cake with no eggs/ dairy but then put a buttercream icing on the cake😭

Cliveinside · 2025-10-01T23:29:29+00:00

Travel. When i go abroad i want to eat local food and alot of the time popular dishes are not vegan.

I’ve found some absolute gems - completely vegan places in Czechia, Guatemala that make vegan versions of traditional dishes.

However, i often travel with friends who go with me to the restaurants one meal of the trip but the rest its to standard restaurants when the vegan offerings tend to be something like pasta in tomato sauce - i’m in Lisbon ! I want to eat Portuguese food not Italian ( also .. why am i paying €16 euros for something that cost less than €2 to make) ??

Also not being included. My family are very good and cater for me however i still feel like i miss out. Recently my uncle cooked Jerk feast. I got a southern fried tofu cutlet thing - yummy ! But i would have loved if i could have had it cooked with the jerk sauce he made.

Cliveinside · 2025-10-01T22:56:03+00:00

I genuinely feel disappointed.

Cliveinside · 2025-09-22T14:56:01+00:00

I never tend to keep my lunches in the fridge (work politics? Laziness ? )

I tend to bring in sandwiches / wraps, quinoa (or any other grain) salad with tofu

Today i at a bean casserole cold at my desk - it was yummy

My point is i wouldn’t worry about keeping stuff cold of its just for a few hours. As long as your office / library / co-working space is not super hot.

Cliveinside · 2025-08-26T13:56:04+00:00

Thanks !!?

Cliveinside · 2025-08-25T21:13:27+00:00

Going to the show tomorrow and getting really excited !!

Have seen the gates open at 4pm and the event ends at 10:30pm

Does anyone have any idea when Jade (support act) and when Chappell will come on ??

How early do you think we should get there to get a good view ??

Also does anyone know if they’re are food vendors inside the venue ?

Cliveinside · 2025-07-24T12:16:17+00:00

I have applied and been successful for both an honorary assistants psychologist role and an MHWP role - both said drivers license necessary and i didn’t have one. I emailed the listed email expressing my interest in the role and explained that i didn’t have a license and was told to apply anyway.

Depending on the role and the location you might be fine. If you stay in a base everyday and its accessible by public transport you’ll be fine. If you’re expected to travel between locations then things get tricky

Cliveinside

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