Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare foundation is seeking a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to provide low intensity interventions for individuals experiencing anxiety and depression. The role involves collaboration with various health professionals and requires a commitment to delivering high-quality support. Successful candidates should be motivated and empathetic, with a willingness to learn. This position offers training opportunities and is crucial for enhancing community mental health services.

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn new skills and improve health and wellbeing.
• Must be motivated, efficient, and empathic.
• Good understanding of local services and populations.

Responsibilities

• Provide Step 2 Guided Self-Help low intensity interventions.
• Collaborate with professionals in physical and mental health.
• Support individuals experiencing anxiety and depression.

Skills

Commitment to evidence-based assessments

Motivation and resilience

Empathy and supportiveness

Good understanding of local population needs

Education

Training as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

Job description

Job Description

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a centralised recruitment on behalf of all the services listed in the Services Description document.

You will provide treatment for adults from many different backgrounds and will collaborate with a range of professionals in physical health, mental health and social care as well as with community organisations.

Note: sponsorship is not currently available for this position, with any of the service providers. If you will require sponsorship in order to undertake this role, we will be unable to progress your application.

In this training role, you will provide Step 2 Guided Self-Help low intensity interventions whilst undertaking studies at the allocated education provider (please refer to the information in the supporting documents section). Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) support people experiencing depression and/or anxiety disorders, including people with long term physical health conditions such as diabetes and respiratory problems. This training post will equip you to provide guided low intensity interventions and progress to working with a high degree of autonomy. You will be supported in the completion of both your academic study and clinical delivery by skilled and experienced supervisors.

We are looking for people with a commitment to deliver high quality evidence-based assessments and interventions, a willingness to learn new skills and a desire to improve the health and wellbeing of people anxiety and/or depression disorders. Both trainee and qualified PWPs play a critical role in helping shape the future direction of the Talking Therapies service.

Successful candidates will be motivated, resilient, efficient, empathic, supportive and will be required to have a good understanding of the needs of local populations and familiarise themselves with local knowledge of services.

Talking Therapies Liverpool (Central, North & South), Halton, St Helens, Knowsley, Sefton, Warrington, Wirral, Cheshire West and Central Cheshire are services delivering psychological therapies as part of the national Talking Therapies initiative and are working together in a collaborative approach to the recruitment of the trainee Talking Therapies workforce across Cheshire and Merseyside.

These services are provided by different organisations, some of which are not NHS employers. A list of the employing services recruiting for the March 2026 cohort is provided in the application form.

Please contact the individual service(s) for more specific information to support you in your application and choice of service.

Not all Talking Therapies services are recruiting for the March 2026 training programme.

The completed application form will be shared with the Cheshire & Merseyside recruiting services and the higher education institutions providing the training. In submitting your application, you are agreeing to your information being shared.

It will be compulsory to register with the British Psychological Society or the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies if you are a qualified PWP providing a service to NHS patients and are working within an appropriate system of care for the role.

https://babcp.com/Wellbeing-Registrations/About

https://www.bps.org.uk/wider-psychological-workforce

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Please contact individual service Job title: Please contact individual service Email address: [e-mail]

For help with your application please contact the individual service – you will find their contact details in the Service Descriptions (see Supporting Documents section).

For more generalised queries, please email: [e-mail]