Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - NTT

NHS; Morpeth; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Morpeth is seeking a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to deliver low intensity interventions in a supportive environment. This position involves providing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to clients with mild to moderate mental health conditions. If you're passionate about helping others and have the necessary qualifications, this role offers excellent career progression and benefits including a supportive work-life balance.

Benefits

Access to 24/7 employee assistance programme

Enhanced annual leave of 30 days

Qualifications

• Accreditation with BABCP or BPS required.
• Experience in primary care services preferred.
• Fluency in languages other than English is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide low intensity guided self-help interventions.
• Facilitate psycho-educational online groups.
• Contribute to innovative service improvement projects.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships

Knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies

Psychology or other health-related undergraduate degree

Job description

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - NTT

Northumberland Talking Therapies has an exciting opportunity to recruit a qualified PWP who holds accreditation with either the BABCP or BPS and is keen to develop their skills and experience within ourorganisation, working todeliver low intensity service provision to residents from the Northumberlandarea. The position can be offered as a minimum of 22.5 hours or up to and including full time.

Although our PWPs currently work a combination of home based days and office days, we regret we are not able to offer a fully remote position.

Thepost-holder will work within a service where caseload is monitored on bookedappointments, and which offers fantastic progression opportunities from supervisortraining to Senior PWP positions.

Thepost-holder will provide low intensity interventions including arange of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-managementinterventions to clients experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and depression.We are proud to be an inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, and applicants must be committed to upholding the principles of equal opportunities.

The successful candidate will have completed an academic course of study in line with the Low Intensity National Programme and be qualified as a PWP (e.g. PG Cert Low Intensity Psychological Therapies)

Main duties of the job

Inthis role you will:

Providea range of low intensity guided self-helpinterventions through via computerised CBT, telephone, video, and face to face appointments.

Facilitate step 2 psycho educational online groups.

Havethe opportunity to contribute to a number of innovative service improvement projects.The service has a number of Special Interest Groups which seek to improve and innovate the service offered to particular groups of clients. This includes but isnot limited to perinatal, LGBT+, long term health conditions, and young people.

Havethe opportunity to act as a mentor to trainee PWPs

Attend regular line management, case management and clinical skills supervision

Work closely with other PWPs to support one another and utilise skills and knowledge

Attend CPD events

About us

Thesalary for this post is NHS comparable, and the successful applicant will beemployed on Sunderland Counselling Service (SCS) terms and conditions.

Thesuccessful candidate will be entitled to benefits such as access to our24/7 employee assistance programme to support wellbeing. The service is committed to supporting a work life balance and offers an enhanced 30 days annual leave per year (pro-rata)

Applicationsare invited from candidates who are able to meet the requirements of the personspecification.

If you wish to enquire about this post please contact either of the Step 2 Leads -

Sarah Coles ([e-mail]

Job responsibilities

Thepost-holder will work within the IAPT service providing high volume lowintensity interventions which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy(CBT) based self management interventions to clients with mild tomoderate common mental health conditions.

Thepost holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages,using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equalopportunities

Person Specification

Qualifications

• -Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course)
• -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

• -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.
• -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
• -Evidence of working in the local community

Knowledge and Skills

• -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
• -Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
• -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
• -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
• Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
• -Fluent in languages other than English

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.