Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The PWP role within NHS Bury Talking Therapies, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, focuses on suitability assessments and low intensity CBT for anxiety and depression. It involves one-to-one delivery via phone, video or face-to-face, with at least one face-to-face clinic day a week.

Applicants need an accredited PWP qualification and BPS or BABCP registration, or must be working towards it, and will work with a multi-disciplinary team to meet service targets and maintain stepped care.

Qualifications

• IA PT approved postgraduate PWP qualification or near completion.
• Registered with BPS/BABCP or working towards it.
• Experience in primary care or mental health services.
• Ability to assess risk and manage caseload.

Responsibilities

• Accept referrals and develop programmes of care.
• Carry out patient-centred assessments of change and risk.
• Decide suitability of new referrals and pathway them accordingly.
• Deliver low intensity treatments (guided self-help, computerised CBT).
• Meet activity targets for client contacts and sessions to reduce waiting times.
• Hold face-to-face treatment sessions in clinics at least one day weekly.
• Educate and involve family members where necessary.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings on referrals or clients.
• Keep clinical records and use outcomes in decisions.
• Work with the team on stepped care step-up/step-down arrangements.
• Assess and integrate work and employment issues into therapy.
• Present caseload information to supervisors and seek development.

Skills

PWP qualification

BPS BABCP registration

Excellent IT skills

Therapeutic relationship building

Anxiety and depression knowledge

Risk assessment

Education

IAPT postgraduate PWP qualification

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Job description

This PWP post sits within NHS Bury Talking Therapies, part of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on suitability assessments and low intensity CBT for anxiety and depression, with referrals stepped up or down as needed. Work is delivered one-to-one by phone, video or face-to-face, plus groups and online, with at least one face-to-face clinic day a week. Applicants need an accredited PWP qualification and BPS or BABCP registration, or must be working towards it.

What the job involves

• Accept referrals and develop programmes of care
• Carry out patient-centred assessments of the change a person wants and of risk to self and others
• Decide suitability of new referrals, referring on, returning to the referrer or stepping up to high intensity therapy as needed
• Deliver low intensity treatments such as guided self-help, computerised CBT and information on medication, face-to-face, by phone, in groups or by other media
• Meet agreed activity targets for client contacts and clinical sessions to reduce waiting times
• Hold face-to-face treatment sessions and assessments in clinics for at least one day a week
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment where necessary
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings on referrals or clients in treatment
• Keep clinical records, complete service data collection and use outcome data in clinical decisions
• Work with the team on step-up and step-down arrangements to maintain a stepped care approach
• Assess and integrate work and employment issues into therapy
• Present caseload information to clinical supervisors and act on clinical and personal development supervision

Qualifications

• IAPT approved postgraduate PWP qualification, or near completion of an accredited PWP course

Registration & licences

• Registered with the BPS or BABCP, or working towards it

Experience

• Undergraduate experience
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of working in the local community

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of anxiety and depression and how they present in primary care
• Knowledge of work, benefits and employment systems and their impact on mental health
• Knowledge of child protection, safeguarding and relevant legislation
• Ability to meet service targets and manage own caseload and time
• High standard of verbal and written communication, including clear reports and letters to referrers
• Excellent IT skills

Other

• Training or experience in risk assessment within scope of practice
• Ability to build good therapeutic relationships with clients

Nice to have

• Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or a psychological therapy
• Psychology or other health-related undergraduate degree
• BABCP accreditation
• Evidence of working in the local community
• Experience as a PWP or graduate mental health worker in primary care
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety, depression and other common mental health problems
• Understanding of evidence-based psychological therapies and their relevance to the post
• Ability to provide services in a variety of settings