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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Talking Therapies Barking and Dagenham Talking Therapies Service for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join the senior management team
Aim of the role:
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organization to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work, which are:
1. We are kind
2. We are respectful
3. We work together with our communities
This post seeks qualified, skilled and experienced PWPs who are enthusiastic and excited by the development of Talking Therapies services, the progression of low intensity interventions and the prospect of helping colleagues develop innovative practice through training.
The post holder will hold an accredited Post Graduate Certificate, Diploma or accredited Top-Up Certificate in Low Intensity CBT based interventions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide case management and clinical skills supervision to Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) and Qualified PWPs under the direction of the Barking & Dagenham PWP Team Lead & Service Lead.
Besides offering clinical skills supervision, you will also offer evidence-based self-help interventions to individuals and groups through telephone, face-to-face (including video) and computerised programmes. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and may be called upon to work in various community settings.
A key role of the Senior PWP will be to initiate, monitor and co-ordinate the service's outreach initiatives. Additionally, the post holder will be expected to engage stakeholders and attend Special Interest Groups to support the service in developing strategies to increase access for the treatment of common mental health problems and also access in hard to reach groups.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
In line with our trust values, we are a team that values and encourages continual improvement. As such, we have regular training in addition to regular clinical skills supervision; reflective spaces for discussions around race; and Special Interest Groups such as the LGBTQ+, perinatal, and Older Adults groups. The focus of these groups is to increase accessibility of the service for these demographics. We also have links with the NELFT research department allowing clinicians to be involved with ongoing projects in the trust.
Valuing wellbeing, the service has an active wellbeing initiative. Engagement with this is in encouraged through regular updates and promotion of staff wellbeing events in the trust.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. IAPT Low Intensity Worker/Psychological Well Being Practitioner Qualification
5. Professional registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Desirable criteria
6. IAPT Certificate in PWP Case Management Supervision Skills
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Experience of and ability to provide mentor/supervisor role
8. Experience of delivering training to a range of professionals
Desirable criteria
9. Experience of conducting audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
10. Knowledge of evidence-based psychological interventions
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
11. Models of assessment, screening, referral, record-keeping and evidence-based brief psychological intervention
12. Ability to conduct suicide risk assessment
13. Demonstrate understanding of the IAPT stepped care model
14. Ability to liaise and network with a wide range of organizations and members of the public
Desirable criteria
15. Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
16. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
17. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
18. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
19. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.