Main area Allied Health Professions Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Part Time hours considered) Job ref 327-26-282
Full time | Part time | Flexible working
Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata
NHS Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a qualified PWP and looking for a new challenge in a well established service, that prides itself in the quality of the therapy we provide to our clients and of the support and opportunities we offer to our staff? We have access to Bespoke CPD training and offer regular supervision to our staff to ensure you are valued and supported in your career development.
Our NHS Talking Therapies teams include a Clinical Leads, Operational Leads, Psychological Therapists, Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. We also train significant numbers of trainee therapists.
We offer flexible working and encourage a blend of home and base working for our PWP's
We can offer contracts on either our Trust Bank or contracted hours from 22.5 hours a week up to 37.5 hours.
Main duties of the job
* Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
* Assess and supports people with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
* Deliver LI treatments, primarily on the telephone and in groups, with some face to face work.
* Undertakes patient – centred interviews which identifies areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
* Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-ups the person’s treatment to high intensity.
* Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high volume low – intensity psychological treatments. This may include guided self – help computerised CBT, information about pharmacological treatments. This work may be on the telephone, via other media or face to face.
* Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
* Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
* Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
* Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please ensure you note your BABCP accreditation status in your application.
Interviews will be held in Cheltenham in person.
During the first 6 months of employment the successful candidate will be expected to work daily from the office base. Remote working will only be considered after the initial induction and probation period. Remote working is not guaranteed.
* Educated to degree standard in a subject enabling the post holder to demonstrate psychological mindedness, e.g. Psychology, social sciences or health. or Equivalent level gained through prior relevant experience and accredited courses.
* Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions
* Has completed the LTC IAPT top up training
* Has completed the IAPT supervisor training Desirable Application
Experience
* Evidence of working therapeutically with people who have experienced a mental health problem
* Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
* Experience of facilitating psycho-educational groups.
Professional
* To be ‘registered’ as a PWP with the BABCP or BPS
* Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.
PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
* Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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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