Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 35.000 - 49.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

NHS discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Zusammenfassung

North London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner for its Enfield and Barnet Talking Therapies service. The role involves delivering brief evidence-based CBT interventions in primary care, including guided self-help and group work, with supervision and training opportunities.

Work will be conducted across community venues and team bases, with a hybrid model combining on-site appointments and remote sessions.

Qualifikationen

• BABCP Accredited Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (or working towards accreditation)
• IAPT postgraduate diploma in low intensity interventions
• Degree educated or equivalent
• Experience or understanding of mental health issues
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in one-to-one and group situations

Aufgaben

• Under supervision, manage a caseload of clients with mild to moderate anxiety/depression; deliver assessments and treatments.
• Support patient referral to other services as appropriate.
• Provide brief evidence-based interventions using guided self-help methods.
• Facilitate self-help groups and use of self-help materials and resources.
• Support GP and primary care staff in management of mental health needs.
• Attend and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Engage in health promotion and outreach to local communities, including underrepresented groups.
• Deliver Step 2 CBT interventions (guided self-help, computer-assisted CBT, group work, signposting).
• Interventions will be mainly telephone-based with some face-to-face and video sessions as required.

Kenntnisse

Excellent communication

Enthusiasm

Flexible working

Group work facilitation

Cultural sensitivity

Ausbildung

BABCP Accredited PWP

IAPT diploma (low intensity)

Degree educated or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

1. Under supervision, to manage a caseload of clients who have mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression referred and assessed by the GP, other professionals or self-referred. This includes assessments and treatments. 2. To support and assist patient referral to other services as appropriate. 3. In collaboration with colleagues and under supervision, to provide a range of evidenced based brief interventions using guided self-help methods 4. To ensure that work is patient focused, responsive to need and culturally competent and sensitive 5. To facilitate the development and running of self-help groups, activities and use of self-help material, information and other mental health resources as appropriate 6. To support general practice staff and community and primary care organisations as appropriate in their management of patients with mental health needs 7. To attend and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings as appropriate. 8. To engage in health promotion and outreach work directed towards local communities and in particular those groups under represented within the service through community workshops and liaison with community leaders and organisations. We operate a hybrid working policy which means all staff are required to come on site to team bases to offer in person appointments, attend supervision and meetings, and combine this with remote working., We are currently recruiting for a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within our Enfield and Barnet Talking Therapies service.

You will be able to access further training and staff development, as well as our robust supervision and governance systems. You will have excellent communication skills and a real interest in and knowledge of working with adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and psychosocial problems in a primary care setting. Enthusiasm, confidence and the ability to work flexibly and without close direction are essential. This exciting role will involve providing brief evidence based interventions in primary care and supporting mental health promotion initiatives within the community. Under supervision you will deliver Step 2 CBT interventions, including guided self-help, computer aided CBT, group work and signposting. These interventions will be offered from community venues across the borough as well as from the team base and other locations as appropriate. Interventions will be primarily telephone based, but also include some face to face and video sessions as required. Completion of IAPT postgraduate diploma in low intensity interventions

Degree educated or equivalent

BABCP Accredited Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (or working towards accreditation through submission of relevant portfolio to the BABCP).

Experience or understanding of mental health issues

Excellent written and oral communication skills one to one and group situations.

Desirable

Working with other agencies statutory and voluntary

Ability to secure health information from relevant health specialists to inform the process of assessment

Experience and knowledge Essential

Experience or understanding of mental health issues

Experience of working in primary care delivering psychological interventions.

Working in a multicultural setting

Desirable

Working with other agencies statutory and voluntary

Experience and knowledge of needs of local communities

Ability to deliver interventions in languages other than English

Skills and abilities Essential

Excellent written and oral communication skills one to one and group situations.

Well organised and willing to learn new computer skills rapidly.

Ability to secure health information from relevant health specialists to inform the process of assessment.

Desirable

Previous work with computer databases and spreadsheets.

Personal qualities Essential

Work independently and effectively within a team.

Evidence of innovative thinking to meet challenging health needs North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: 1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. 2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all 3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT? We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.