Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Wallington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service organization in Wallington is seeking a dedicated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to support local mental health efforts. The role involves accepting referrals, assessing patients, and providing psychological support through various therapies. Candidates should have relevant PWP training and experience with mental health issues. Full-time and permanent, with a competitive salary ranging from £35,763 to £43,466 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience with people experiencing mental health problems.
• Relevant low intensity PWP training.
• Eligible for BABCP/BPS accreditation as a PWP.

Responsibilities

• Accept referrals and assess people with common mental health problems.
• Conduct patient-centered interviews for recovery.
• Provide information for evidence-based low-intensity psychological treatments.

Skills

Understanding of anxiety and depression

Good therapeutic relationships with clients

Advanced communication skills

Education

Qualification from PWP Training Course

Psychology or health related undergraduate degree

Psychology or health related postgraduate degree

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an energetic Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to come and join our team. Sutton Talking Therapies is a primary care, single point of referral, mental health and wellbeing service. Sutton Talking Therapies aims to support the mental health and wellbeing of the local community through provision of wellbeing support, self‑management courses, psychological therapy, and mental health assessment and recovery support. This post is located within the IAPT team at Sutton Talking Therapies. The team aims to deliver a range of evidence‑based psychological interventions (e.g., CBT, IPT, DIT) to people with common mental health problems (i.e., depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders) within a stepped‑care model. Sutton Talking Therapies is professionally managed by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and operationally managed by the Sutton Uplift Service Manager. The Talking Therapies team consists of approximately 40 staff including qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs), who provide evidence‑based psychological interventions in line with NICE guidance. Across the rest of Sutton Talking Therapies you would work in conjunction with psychiatry, community nursing staff, social work and wellbeing navigators.

Responsibilities

• To accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• To assess and support people with a common mental health problem in the self‑management of their recovery.
• To undertake patient‑centred interviews which identify areas where the person wishes to see change and/or recovery, make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others, and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, referring unsuitable clients to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary, or stepping up the person’s treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence‑based high‑volume low‑intensity psychological treatments, including conducting individual guided self‑help interventions, facilitating psycho‑educational groups and workshops, and providing information about pharmacological treatments. This work may be face to face, telephone or via other media.
• To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
• To adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall 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.
• To attend multidisciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
• To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
• To keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.
• To work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step‑up and step‑down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped‑care approach.
• To assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
• To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
• To prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case‑management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis.
• To respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice.
• To engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice.

Qualifications and Training

Essential:

• Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course)
• Equivalent, e.g. Experienced and Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant Primary Care experiences and competences as required

Desirable:

• Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy
• Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree
• Psychology or other health related postgraduate degree

Experience

Essential:

• Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem

Desirable:

• Experience of working in Primary Care Services
• Experience of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Evidence of working in the local community

Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
• Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
• Ability to write clear and effective reports and letters
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Advanced communication skills

Desirable:

• 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

Other Information

Candidate must have relevant low intensity PWP training and be eligible for BABCP/BPS accreditation as a PWP.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer Details

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Jubilee Health Centre, Shotfield, Wallington, SM6 0EX

Location

Jubilee Health Centre

Shotfield

Wallington

SM6 0EX

Salary

£35,763 to £43,466 a year per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full-time

Date Posted

07 November 2025