NHS Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bespoke CPD training

Regular supervision

Flexible working (home/base)

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join its NHS Talking Therapies service. The role offers a blend of home and site-based work with access to bespoke CPD training and regular supervision to support career development.

The team includes Clinical Leads and a range of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, with opportunities to train trainee therapists.

Qualifications

• Qualified PWP with NHS Talking Therapies experience will be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• Assess and support people with common mental health problems in self-management of their recovery.
• Deliver low-intensity treatments, primarily by telephone and in groups, with some face-to-face work.
• Undertake patient-centred interviews to identify areas for change or recovery and assess risk.
• Decide on suitability of new referrals and refer on as needed or upgrade to high intensity.
• Provide information and support for evidence-based high-volume low-intensity psychological treatments (including guided self-help CBT).
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
• Adhere to activity contracts for client contacts and clinical sessions to minimise waiting times.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings and complete data collection requirements.

Job description

Are you a qualified PWP and looking for a new challenge in a well established service, that prides itself in the quality of the therapy we provide to our clients and of the support and opportunities we offer to our staff. We have access to Bespoke CPD training and offer regular supervision to our staff to ensure you are valued and supported in your career development.

Our NHS Talking Therapies teams include a Clinical Leads, Operational Leads, Psychological Therapists, Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. We also train significant numbers of trainee therapists.

We offer flexible working and encourage a blend of home and base working for our PWP's

We can offer contracts on either our Trust Bank or contracted hours from 22.5 hours a week up to 37.5 hours.

• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• Assess and supports people with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
• Deliver LI treatments, primarily on the telephone and in groups, with some face to face work.
• Undertakes patient – centred interviews which identifies areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-ups the person’s treatment to high intensity.
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high volume low – intensity psychological treatments. This may include guided self – help computerised CBT, information about pharmacological treatments. This work may be on the telephone, via other media or face to face.
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
• Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.

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.

About

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. It was great to hear that:

• 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Maddi Stubbings Job title: Operational Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0300 421 3064