Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust in London is recruiting Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to deliver Low-Intensity CBT with a diverse caseload across primary and community settings. The role emphasises culturally sensitive practice, supervision, and CPD within a forward‑looking NHS service.

You will work with groups and individuals, provide brief CBT interventions, and liaise with GPs and mental health colleagues to promote early intervention and support for people with anxiety and

Qualifications

• Provide Low-Intensity CBT self-management for mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
• Work with diverse groups, using interpreters when needed.
• Engage in group and community outreach activities.
• Plan and deliver self-help CBT interventions in NICE-aligned care.
• Deliver face-to-face sessions across GP surgeries.
• Provide telephone Low-Intensity support to service users.
• Liaise with other professionals to facilitate signposting.
• Collaborate with practice teams; support GPs and staff.
• Promote mental health and educate service users about meds.
• Maintain a substantial caseload and ensure clinical contact hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide Low-Intensity CBT-based interventions for mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
• Work with clients from diverse backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary.
• Involve in group and community engagement work.
• Plan, manage and implement facilitated self-help CBT interventions.
• Face-to-face work with service users across sites and GP surgeries.
• Telephone Low Intensity work with service users.
• Telephone liaison with other professionals to expedite signposting.
• Integrated working with other elements of the services.
• Liaise with practice teams including service users and carers, GP staff.
• Networking with the wider health and social care system.

Skills

Low-Intensity CBT

Cultural competence

Group engagement

Caseload management

Face-to-face work

Telephone LI support

GP liaison

Interpreter support

NICE guidelines

CPD & supervision

Tools

iCBT platforms

Job description

Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies are lookingto recruit full-time,enthusiastic and motivated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our dynamic and innovative service. Based in East London we have provided psychological therapy services to general practice and the local community for over 30 years. We are a stepped care service offering evidence based interventions at Steps 2 and 3. Our team consists of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Cognitive Behaviour Therapists and Clinical & Counselling Psychologists. As a service, we actively encourage different theoretical interests andoffer specialist areas of development such as LTC/Eating Disorders/Perinatal. This post involves: We have a firm commitment to CPD and offer high quality supervision as well as the opportunity to participate in team initiatives.The team works closely with a variety of trained professionals across a range of therapeutic orientations including, DIT, Systemic, IPT, CBT and Psychodynamic. We have always been a proactive and forward looking service, with a strong commitment to meeting the needs of the diverse community in which we are located and we particularly welcome applicants with fluency in Sylheti. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations. It is expected that PWPs will have a number of main roles, which include the following.

• Providing Low Intensity interventions from a range of CBT based self-management interventions for clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression
• Working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary
• Involvement in Group and Community Engagement work
• Planning, managing, and implementing therapeutic interventions utilising a facilitated self‑help approach.
• Face to face work with service users with common mental health problems such as anxiety, anger management and depression across service sites and GP surgeries.
• Telephone Low Intensity work with service users.
• Telephone liaison with other professionals to expedite signposting to other service where appropriate.
• Integrated working with other elements of the services provided by THTT.
• Work alongside practice teams including liaison with service users and carers, audit activity, and advice and support to GPs and practice staff.
• Networking with the wider health and social care system.
• Supporting and educating service users regarding medication regimes
• Mental health promotion
• To work with people from a diverse backgrounds in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Assist service users to identify and effectively manage their emotional distress and psychological disturbance.
• To organise and manage a substantial caseload of active cases, with workers completing treatment for 250 patients per year, and with an expectation of a minimum of 25 hours clinical contact per week for 1.0 WTE.
• To provide information about other local services relevant to the client's needs and or cultural preferences.
• To support and facilitate the use of the computerised cognitive behavioural therapy service and other media to support delivery of guided self‑help packages of care as approved in NICE guidelines
• To attend training appropriate to the role
• Expected to innovate and be creative in terms of service delivery.