Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Excellent learning and development

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Band 5) to join the NHS Talking Therapies service, a collaborative effort with MIND. The role offers hybrid working, a permanent contract, and professional development with supervision and career progression.

You will assess adults 16+, deliver low-intensity interventions per NICE guidelines, and collaborate with GPs, primary care teams, and voluntary sector agencies to help people into employment

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Interventions or equivalent PWP qualification.
• Experience delivering low intensity interventions.
• Ability to work both individually and in groups.

Responsibilities

• Undertake psychological assessments of individuals aged 16+ referred to or self-refer to the service.
• Offer and provide low intensity psychological interventions (Step 2) for mild to moderate depression and anxiety, including group work.
• Refer patients to employment advice services to encourage employment or training.
• Educate, train and support primary care professionals and other agencies on mental health and psychological issues.
• Work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages using evidence-based interventions.

Skills

Low intensity interventions

Assessment 16+

Group work

Education

Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Interventions

Job description

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Band 5 | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Company: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Coventry, CV36 6NY

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 19 Oct 2026

Closing date: 18 Nov 2026

Summary

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) - Band 5

Coventry and Warwickshire

Full time, permanent hybrid role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join the NHS Talking Therapies service delivered jointly by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and MIND. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established service that continues to offer high quality; evidence-based psychological interventions for our identified populations.

CWPT NHS Talking Therapies is a progressive service which encourages professional development, supervision, and peer support with an identifiable career pathway for PWPs to develop into more specialised or senior roles. We work closely with members of the local community, service Commissioners, GPs, secondary care services and various voluntary sector agencies.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health, and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults, and older adults over sites across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, with around 5,000 patients seen daily on average.

To undertake psychological assessments of individuals aged 16+ who are referred to or self-refer to the service.

To offer and provide low intensity psychological interventions (in line with Talking Therapies Step 2 approach) to individuals experiencing mild to moderate depression and anxiety, including stress and adjustment to life events. This will include both individual and group work.

The post holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using a range of suitable and evidence-based interventions.

Where appropriate, refer patients to employment advice services to encourage patients into employment or training.

They will also play a role in the education, training, and support in mental health and psychological issues for primary care professionals and other relevant agencies.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

About the Trust

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability, and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching, and mentoring
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more
• Staff networks and support groups

We're always looking for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.

In order to be considered for this post, you must possess the Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Interventions or the equivalent Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification. The qualification needs to be held for working with adults rather than children and young people.

In addition, the successful candidate will be skilled in delivering a range of evidence-based, low-intensity interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to patients presenting with Anxiety Disorders and Depression. The interventions will include both individual and group work, and the post holder will need to be competent in delivering interventions using a variety of communication mediums, such as telephone work and face-to-face activities.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026.

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In order to be considered for this post you must possess the Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Interventions or the equivalent Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification. The qualification needs to be held for working with adults rather than children and young people. In addition the successful candidate will be skilled in the delivery of a range of evidence-based, low-intensity interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to patients presenting with Anxiety Disorders and Depression. The range of interventions will include both individual and group work, and the post holder will need to be competent in delivering interventions using a variety of communication mediums, such as telephone work and face-to-face activities.

Full time, permanent hybrid role An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join the NHS Talking Therapies service delivered jointly by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and MIND. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established service that continues to offer high quality; evidence based psychological interventions for our identified populations. CWPT NHS Talking Therapies is a progressive service which encourages professional development, supervision and peer support with an identifiable career pathway for PWP's to develop into more specialised or senior roles. We work closely with members of the local community, service Commissioners, GP's, secondary care services and various voluntary sector agencies. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over sites across Coventry and Warwickshire Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day. To undertake psychological assessments of individuals aged 16+ who are referred to or self refer to the service. To offer and provide low intensity psychological interventions (in line with Talking Therapies Step 2 approach) to individuals experiencing mild to moderate depression and anxiety including stress and adjustment to life events. This will include both individual and group work. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using a range of suitable and evidence based interventions. Where appropriate refer patients to employment advice services to encourage patients into employment or training. They will also play a role in the education, training and support in mental health and psychological issues for primary care professionals and other relevant agencies. For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements. Candidate Information Pack Dec 24 At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups
• We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.