Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Norwich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Norfolk seeks an enthusiastic Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join their team. The role involves supervising PWPs, providing training, and delivering clinical interventions. Ideal candidates will possess a background in mental health practice and leadership skills, committed to improving client experiences. The position offers a competitive salary and ample benefits including training programs and annual leave.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression

27 days annual leave increasing to 33

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of providing high volume, evidence-based practice in guided self-help.
• Ability to lead others in a challenging environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide regular case management supervision and clinical skills training.
• Deliver clinical interventions for a small caseload of clients.

Skills

Experience in mental health practice

Leadership skills

Education

Qualification in provision of supervision

Accreditation with BABCP

Job description

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior PWP to join our busy and high-volume service in Norfolk and Waveney.

You'll work in a large Senior PWP team supporting PWPs providing a range of NICE-approved psychosocial interventions for people aged 16 and upwards.

You'll need to be passionate about providing an excellent client experience, committed to high standards of care and making a difference to service users.

This post is an excellent opportunity for an existing Senior PWP or a qualified PWP looking to develop.

The role is demanding and challenging role but well-supported and rewarding.

Regular travel to and around Norfolk is expected. And your contractual base will be our hub at Breckland Business Centre in Dereham.

Main duties of the job

The role predominantly involves providing regular case management supervision, and the provision of clinical skills training (group) as required, to qualified and trainee PWPs, in order to ensure the quality of the service at Step 2 is maintained, and that our PWPs are enabled to develop their clinical skills. The post holder will assist the leadership team in the development of the Low Intensity part of the service, under the direction of our Lead PWP, whilst helping the service achieve its required key performance indicators. The role will also include holding a small caseload of clients, delivering clinical interventions for up to one day per week.

The post-holder will be able to demonstrate experience of providing high volume, evidence-based practice in guided self-help using telephone and other methods of delivery, as well as an ability to lead others in a challenging environment

About us

Norfolk and Waveney Wellbeing Service Strategy

Our Vision: To improve all aspects of people's lives in the community of Norfolk and Waveney through a service that people feel proud to be part of.

Our Mission: To be a locally and nationally recognised and well-respected IAPT service, that champions the bio-psycho-social model of health and wellbeing and holds the people of Norfolk and Waveney at the heart of everything we do.

Core Principles/Values:

• Creating an environment of respect, honesty, curiosity, learning, inclusivity and compassion
• Facilitate opportunities for the people of Norfolk and Waveney, including marginalised groups, to be involved in developing all aspects of our service.
• Create and utilise best practice
• Embracing staff and client experience, insight and data/information to inform all quality improvement
• Caring about everyone's experience of the service.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• A qualification in provision of supervision
• Accreditation with BABCP

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from experience
• Experience of Leadership and Service Development

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yeargross per annum