Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in beautiful Dorset. This role involves providing psychological support to individuals with common mental health issues. You will work within a supportive team, helping clients manage their recovery effectively. The position requires relevant qualifications and offers a dynamic work environment focused on staff wellbeing and professional development.

Qualifications

• Must have a relevant qualification in psychological therapy.
• Experience working with mental health problems required.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Conduct risk assessments and support clients in self-management.

Skills

Communication

Therapeutic Relationships

Risk Assessment

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity CBT

MSci Applied Psychology (Clinical)

Psychology Degree

Job description

Go back Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 21 May 2025

Want to join an innovative team with a strong focus on staff wellbeing, achieving good recovery rates, and developing your professional knowledge and skills?

Do you want to work in beautiful Dorset with stunning coastal areas, award-winning beaches, and stunning national parks?

If so, why not join the Dorset Steps 2 Wellbeing Service as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP). This is an exciting opportunity to join a Low-Intensity Team across Dorset.

Dorset Steps 2 Wellbeing is a dynamic, and progressive service with a friendly and supportive team. You will work within NHS Talking Therapies, providing psychological interventions to people with mild to moderate common mental health problems, such as anxiety disorders and depression.

As a psychological wellbeing practitioner, you will provide treatment to help support people by:

Carry out risk assessments,

Provide phone, online, or face-to-face support

Liaise with other agencies, and signpost patients to services, such as housing and employment.

You must have either a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity CBT with IAPT PWP status or an MSci Applied Psychology (Clinical) qualification to apply for this post.

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work within the IAPT service providing high volume low intensity interventions which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions service to clients with mild to moderate anxietyand depression.

• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• Assess and supports people with a common mental health problem in the selfmanagement of their recovery.
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high volume low -intensity psychological treatments. This may include guided self - helpcomputerised CBT, information about pharmacological treatments. This work maybe face to face, telephone or via other media.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do, and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all we do.

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

Dorset HealthCare is in partnership withThe Princes Trustto support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we offer an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. Please contact [e-mail] to access the support.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualification from PWP Training Course [Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course].
• Equivalent experience e.g. qualified graduate mental health worker with relevant primary care experiences and competencies as required
• Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy
• Psychology or other health related undergraduate / postgraduate degree

Skills / Experience

• Experience of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication
• Able to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including telephone skills
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Demonstrates and understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care
• Experience of working in primary care services
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Received training [either formal or through experience] and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

Personal Qualities / Aptitudes

• High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Ability to work under pressure
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
• Ability to be self reflective whilst working with service users in own personal and professional development and in supervision
• Fluent in languages other than English

Additional requirements

• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively.
• Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business.

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.

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearp.a. /pro rata for part time

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Home or remote working