Band 5 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) - Swindon

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join the BSW Talking Therapies Service in Swindon. The role offers hybrid working with remote and face-to-face appointments, travel to the Swindon base as required, and close collaboration with GP partners to deliver low and high intensity therapy.

We welcome qualified PWPs who want to develop their skills within a friendly, supportive team focused on high quality

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a Talking Therapies PWP qualification.
• Applicants without a PWP qualification will not be considered.
• Seeking qualified PWPs looking to develop skills within Talking Therapies.

Skills

PWP qualification

Education

Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) qualification

Job description

Applicants will need to have a Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) qualification for this role. Applicants without a PWP qualification will not be considered.
Please note, we are currently operating a hybrid working approach incorporating remote working and working face-to-face, from the community and our base in Swindon. Applicants will be expected to travel to the base as required.
The BSW Talking Therapies Service is a community based primary care psychology service working with our GP partners to provide low and high intensity therapy.
Our PWPs offer appointments to service users from base in Swindon and remotely from home. Appointments are mainly by telephone or video call with some face to face appointments being offered. Our integrated working supports close clinical contacts and a team based working environment with other health professionals.
We are a friendly and supportive team with a strong focus on staff wellbeing.
The BSW Talking Therapies Service supports flexible working, part time and extended hours which fit in with a modern health care system.
We are looking for qualified PWPs who wish to continue developing their existing skills and progress with us to provide an outstanding specialist healthcare service treating common mental health problems to our service users.
Our focus is on high quality assessment and treatments which are carefully planned to offer a structured clinical day. Clinical skills supervision, case management and line management are offered in line with Talking Therapies guidelines with extra duty support available as needed.
We also offer the opportunity for staff to get involved in specialist areas of interest as a “champion”. Current topics covered include support for younger people, equality, diversity & inclusion, service user involvement, wellbeing, and several others.
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 provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, 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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Khyati Patel Job title: Senior PWP Wilts Talking Therapies Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01793 836836