Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Stroud; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health trust based in Stroud is looking for an Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to support therapy teams in delivering low intensity cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). This role offers training opportunities and flexible working arrangements. The ideal candidate should have a degree in psychology or similar, along with experience in mental health. The position is vital for co-facilitating psycho-educational courses and performing outreach to local community stakeholders. Expected start by February 2026.

Benefits

Continuing Professional Development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Fully funded training access

Qualifications

• Degree level education in relevant subjects or equivalent experience.
• Experience in facilitating psycho-educational groups.

Responsibilities

• Assist in co-facilitating psycho-educational courses.
• Perform outreach to local teams and stakeholders.
• Handle administrative tasks and data collection.

Skills

Psychological mindedness

Group facilitation

Organizational skills

Resilience

Education

Degree in psychology, social sciences or health

Training in nursing, social work, or psychological therapy

Tools

Computer-based information systems

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

17 December 2025

You will support our dedicated therapy teams in delivering low intensity cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to the public at our base in Stroud. This role is ideal for those with a passion for mental health and a desire to start a career as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP).

We pride ourselves on our training schemes, job progression opportunities, and the high standard of therapy we provide to our public.

Because we may receive a high volume of applications, the vacancy may be closed early.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assist PWPs in co‑facilitating face‑to‑face and online psycho‑educational courses to patients across the county, presenting to groups of up to 35 patients at a time.

Assisting in administrative tasks such as writing referrals, clinical notes and collecting data & feedback from patients.

Developing our service by performing outreach to local teams within the trust, as well as external agencies and stakeholders such as GPs and local community groups.

We offer regular opportunities for Continuing Professional Development as well as reflective practice in clinical supervision and have fully funded access to the Bespoke training service.

Flexible working arrangements within 37.5 hours per week, with core service hours of 8am‑8pm.

We currently offer a hybrid working pattern for staff and the candidates will be able to request this on completion of local induction which we expect to take a few months.

We would expect the preferred candidate to be in post by the end of February 2026.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high‑level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top‑quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a subject enabling the post holder to demonstrate psychological mindedness e.g. psychology, social sciences or health OR Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level / Regulated Qualifications Framework Level 5 OR Mental Health Worker (e.g. mental health practitioner) with relevant primary care experiences
• Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy

Experience

• Significant experience of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem.
• Able to facilitate large and small psycho educational groups.
• Ability to be organised, resilient, work under pressure and manage own personal stress.
• Ability with a computer-based information system and to record all client activity on the system.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust