Band 4 Trainee PWP - Wiltshire

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting for Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) positions within the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire NHS Talking Therapies services.

This entry-level training post combines two days per week teaching toward a PGCert and degree level 6 in Psychological Therapies Practice (Low Intensity CBT) and three days of low‑intensity clinical practice, based in Swindon, Devizes or Salisbury, with salary at Band 4 during training and

Qualifications

• Entry-level training opportunity open to diverse backgrounds.

Job description

We are recruiting for Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) positions with the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) NHS Talking Therapies services. Our team were recognised as AWP's "Team of the Year" at the 2024 annual awards ceremony.

You will work within the Talking Therapies service providing high volume low intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. The training post will equip you to provide a range of low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression., Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners in NHS Talking Therapies services provide support to individuals experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems. This role offers a great opportunity to improve the wellbeing of many people, and build a career in NHS mental health services. As an entry-level training opportunity, this role is open to a wide range of candidates, and we particularly welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

The training will start on Tuesday 9th March 2027, however, the start date in service will be Monday 8th March 2027 at the latest. Please see the attached training dates document. Applicants must be able to commit to all dates.

This role combines two days per week teaching, held either remotely or at the University of Exeter (Bristol campus), to study for a PGCert and degree level 6 in Psychological Therapies Practice (Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) with three days of low-intensity clinical practice, based in one of the services in Swindon, Devizes or Salisbury.

Salary: You will initially be paid at Band 4 and, following completion of the training and successful qualification within agreed timescales, you will be able to move into a Band 5 Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) position.