Employer Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Westgate Mental Health Team Town Durham Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/06/2026 23:59
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 5
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Job overview
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team on Westgate unit based in HMP Frankland.
The Westgate team is part of the Offender Personality Disorder national strategy. The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway programme is a jointly commissioned initiative that aims to provide a pathway of psychologically informed services for a highly complex and challenging offender group who are likely to have a severe personality disorder and who pose a high risk of harm to others, or a high risk of reoffending in a harmful way.
Westgate is situated within HMP Frankland and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear foundation Trust are contracted by Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Trust to provide care and treatment for the residents of Westgate.
The successful candidate may have desirable experience of working with a complex service user group and will have demonstrable experience of effective working with wider agencies and effective delivery of identified interventions.
The Westgate Multi-Disciplinary Team are diverse and very much integrated within the prison environment. The successful candidates will be provided with a thorough induction programme and developmental opportunities to enhance their skillset.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work as part of the designated locality, providing low intensity psychological interventions to service users with mental health problems. These include a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self‑management interventions offered as individual or group interventions. This work will be both face
to face and telephone based.
The post holder will work as a member of the multi‑disciplinary team, ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing, and maximising independence.
The post-holder will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re‑Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Qualification from a BPS accredited PWP Programme
* PWP registration with BPS or BABCP.
* Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
* Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of working with people with mental health/learning disability difficulties in the designated specialism.
* Minimum of six months’ supervised practice in direct clinical care, assessment and low intensity psychological interventions, working within a stepped care framework.
* Able to write clear reports and letters.
* Knowledge of common mental health/learning disability problems.
* Knowledge of low intensity, evidence‑based interventions.
* Knowledge of the issues surrounding work, meaningful activity, social inclusion, and the impact it can have on mental health.
* Experience of working with people who have experienced severe and enduring mental health problems.
* Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
* Experience of facilitating psycho‑education groups.
* Ability to manage own caseload and time.
* An understanding of complex mental health difficulties.
* Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
Skills and Competencies
* Ability to conduct thorough assessments and develop appropriate treatment plans based on low‑intensity interventions.
* Ability to assess risk and develop appropriate risk management plans.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
* Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
* Skills in the provision of psycho‑educational groups
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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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