Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the East Riding Talking Therapies Service as a PWP, delivering therapy to individuals with mild to moderate mental health issues. The role involves managing a caseload, conducting assessments, and providing therapy via various mediums. The NHS offers a supportive environment with a commitment to staff development and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the BABCP as a PWP.
• Understanding of anxiety and depression in Primary Care.
• Experience in working with mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• Conduct routine assessments and engage in clinical supervision.
• Support a diverse population across the East Riding.

Skills

Communication

Therapeutic relationship development

Risk assessment

Self-reflection

Time management

Education

Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity therapy

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit dedicated, enthusiastic and innovative individuals to join an evolving team providing Low Intensity Psychological Interventions. Working as a PWP within the East Riding Talking Therapies Service you will deliver therapy to the population of the East Riding of Yorkshire via telephone, webcam and face to face.

We are an Accredited Service with an excellent reputation and an impressive record of meeting the required Talking Therapies National and Local standards.

The Service offers a fantastic package for CPD to maintain registrations.

We are a Lead Provider of Talking Therapies in the East Riding and work closely with our partner providers.

Join to be part of our highly motivated and skilled team.

Main duties of the job

The Service supports people aged 16 and upwards in the community providing a range of recovery focused Talking Therapy interventions for people with mild to moderate common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression via telephone /face to face and webcam video. The service provides a stepped care treatment approach.

The post holder will:

• Be registered with the BABCP as a PWP
• Manage a caseload of patients with mild to moderate common mental health problems via, telephone, video/webcam, groups and online CCBT and face to face;
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, working to the department's referral protocol;
• Conduct routine assessments;
• Engage in regular clinical and managerial supervision (individual and group);
• Attend regular caseload management;
• Supported to attend dedicated CPD days;
• Attend regular online business meetings;
• Support a diverse population across the East Riding.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity therapy)
• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
• Be registered as a PWP with the BABCP
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

Experience

• Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication
• Able to write clear reports and letters.
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Experience of working in Primary Care Services

Skills and Competencies

• Ability 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
• Able to conduct a risk assessment
• High level of enthusiasm and motivation
• Advanced communication skills
• 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
• Ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation

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.