Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Team Lead

NHS; Hellingly; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service is looking for a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Team Lead to provide leadership and support to Trainee PWPs in the East Sussex area. This full-time role involves managing a clinical team, delivering supervised therapies, and ensuring effective recruitment and training. Ideal candidates will have a postgraduate certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies and significant experience in relevant interventions. Competitive benefits and opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes

Excellent supervision programmes

Access to discount schemes including gyms and shopping

Qualifications

• You need to have a postgraduate certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies.
• Must be registered as a PWP with the BPS or BABCP.
• Experience in delivering case management and clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management for the Step 2 PWP Clinical team.
• Manage and support the recruitment of PWP trainees.
• Provide CBT based guided self-help to clients.

Skills

Excellent team skills

Experience offering telephone, virtual and face-to-face treatment

Extensive experience delivering PWP interventions

Education

Postgraduate certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies

Registration as a PWP with the BPS or BABCP

Qualification in Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner supervision

Job description

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Team Lead

We are recruiting a Psychological Wellbeing PractitionerTeam Lead to join our expanding Talking Therapies for Anxiety & Depression (TTAD) service. The main focus of this role will be supporting Trainee PWPs within Health in Mind. The role will work within the Eastbourne area of East Sussex.

Health in Mind is a Talking Therapies for Anxiety & Depression Service (TTAD) that offers a full range of TTAD compliant therapies and job roles. As a service we support people presenting with mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression. Please see our website for further information on https://www.healthinmind.org.uk/.

The PWP Team Lead role offers a development opportunity for experienced qualified PWPs to expand their skills in management and service development.

This is a permanent, full time post (37.5hrs per week) though we will consider applications from those that wish to work flexibly and are open to discussions around remote and home working.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve:

• being responsible for and providing effective leadership and management for the Step 2 PWP Clinical team, promoting the effective delivery of Step 2 interventions.
• Providing line management, clinical supervision, meta supervision and case management for Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWPs), PWPs & Trainee PWPs.
• Managing and supporting the recruitment of PWP trainees
• Providing CBT based guided self-help to clients

Requirements

In order for you to apply for this role you will need:

• A postgraduate certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies,
• Registration as a PWP with the BPS or BABCP
• Extensive experience delivering PWP interventions within an TTAD service
• Significant experience of delivering case management and clinical skills Supervision and a recognised NHS Talking Therapies qualification in supervision.
• Excellent team skills
• Experience of offering telephone, virtual and F2F treatment

About us

As a large mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. We can offer you:

• The opportunity to work in an expanding service, which has national recognition.
• Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
• Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
• Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
• A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities please see attached job description

If you have any questions regarding the role and would like to make contact please email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post Graduate certificate if Low Intensity CBT interventions and be accredited with the BABCP or BPS or be in the process of applying for accreditation
• Evidence of CPD
• A qualification in provision of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner supervision
• Experience of having delivered clinical supervision

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.