Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care service provider is looking for a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to provide vital mental health support and interventions for patients. The ideal candidate will have a Post Graduate Diploma in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions and will work flexibly to meet service demands. This role involves managing a caseload and providing both remote and face-to-face treatments. The organization promotes professional development and offers attractive benefits including a generous pension and flexible working options.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
• Demonstrable experience in primary care mental health services.
• Good record of Continuing Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Provide lower intensity psychological interventions for patients.
• Attend regular clinical supervision as required by the service.
• Manage own time, caseloads, and performance in line with service demands.

Skills

English in both verbal and written formats

Ability to manage own caseload and time

Experience with risk assessment and safeguarding

Ability to deliver presentations for patients

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions

Job description

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 02 January 2026

Herefordshireand Worcestershire Talking Therapies Service is a dynamic service that strivesfor balance between meeting locally commissioned targets, clinical effectiveness,and patient-centred care.

Are you a qualifiedenthusiastic and passionate Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)? Talking Therapies are looking to recruit PsychologicalWellbeing Practitioner to join our expanding team.

Talking Therapies values theclinical growth, development, and wellbeing of therapists - providing regularsupportive supervision, champion roles, frequent CPD, and flexible workingopportunities including a balance of office and remote working.

Youwill need to be reregistered with the British Association for Behavioural andCognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). You will need to have a qualification in a PostGraduate Diploma Low Intensity Psychological Interventions with Adults.

Contracted hours for thisrole are full-time and requirements are 37.5 hours per week.

As part of the role, youwill be expected to work flexibly to suit the needs of the service, this mayinclude some early morning and late evening appointments. In addition to thisyou will be required to work at your locality base and remote home working andmay be required to travel for mandatory face to face training.

Main duties of the job

As an employedpsychological wellbeing practitioner within Talking Therapies, we would expectyou to:

• Behave consistently with the values andbeliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.
• Act as a role model to colleagues,always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use their initiative and takeresponsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the servicethey provide to patients.
• Be a part of Talking Therapies Serviceand provide lower intensity psychological interventions for patients that meetthe service criteria for step 2 CBT.
• Be accountable for their professionalactions and clinical judgement.
• Attend regular clinical supervision andline management as requires by the service.
• Following completion of the supervisorytraining, offer case management supervision, as required.
• Work with patients from diversepopulations and make reasonable adjustments including patients presenting witha range of long-term heath conditions to enable equal opportunities for all.
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitionersare expected to effectively manage their own time, caseloads and performance inline with service demands.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitalsand community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental healthand learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteriafor the role please refer to the job description and person specificationattached.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• English in both verbal and written formats
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Ability to write clear reports and letters to refer patients
• Ability to deliver and present short courses for patients and presentations for promotional work within the wider community
• Experience with carrying our risk assessment and linking in with safeguarding teams.
• Signposting Knowledge of community services

Qualifications

• Qualification in Post Graduate Lower intensity psychological interventions PWP in Adults
• Good record of Continuing Professional Development
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Trained in the provision of talking Therapies (IAPT) supervision for CBT

Additional Criteria

• Willingness to undertake Continuing Professional Development for accreditation requirements
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
• Ability to do some remote home working as required with service and a need to work form your locality for face to face treatments and clinical skills.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working in primary care mental health services
• Previously worked in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Evidence of working with patients who have experienced anxiety and depression within a primary care setting
• Experience of successfully treating a range of presenting problems with lower intensity psychological interventions (e.g. depression, panic, GAD, sleep, specific phobias, problem solving)
• Experience of delivery of pscyhoeducational short courses digital therapy, telephone guided self-help, one to one therapy, and signposting to third party agencies and other community services
• Experience of accurate and detailed assessment and management of risk through telephone and face to face communications
• Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication
• Evidence of working in the local community preferred around Worcestershire or surrounding areas
• Experience of service promotion with regards to Talking Therapies appropriate therapies
• Experience of delivery of Talking Therapies supervision to others
• Experience of working within an Talking Therapies service Post PWP qualification.

Knowledge

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/benefits and employment systems
• 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
• Knowledge of child and adult safeguarding issues and relevant legislation

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust