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Site Pennine Care Town Oldham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, prorata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 18/07/2025 23:59
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople
Please note, candidates must be a qualified Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner. Significant and relevant Primary Care experience is essential to this post.
Main duties of the job
Oldham Living Well is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed qualified MHWP to join our supportive, highly successful and motivated team. For the role, you must have experience of working with people experiencing serious mental illness, providing CBT interventions for people with common mental health problems. Assessments and interventions will be delivered face to face at GP surgeries and as the Living Well service evolves, there may be a requirement to deliver interventions in groups.
Working for our organisation
The Living Well team is multi-disciplinary, working with adults aged 18 and above. The team seeks to 'close the gap' for people whose needs cannot be met by primary care services, but who are deemed not complex enough to require support from specialist secondary mental health services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Holds an IAPT approved PWP qualification
* Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
* Psychology or other health related underdgraduate degree.
Experience
* Experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner
* Experience of routine outcome monitoring
* Experience of working in the local community
* Evidence of working in the local community
Knowledge
* Demonstrated an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it presents in primary care
* Demonstrates a knowledge of the issue surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health and employment
* Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
* Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
* Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Skills and Abilities
* Abilty to meet agreed / service targets
* Ability to manage own caseload and time
* Demonstrates high standards in verbal and written communication
* Ability to write clear reports and letters
* Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
* Ability to provide services in a variety of settings
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
* We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
* If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
* If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
* Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
* We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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