Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

7 days ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Vita Health Group Full time

The Role:
What you will do?

The Role:


We have several opportunities to recruit enthusiastic and committed Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (Trainee PWPs) to join our expanding NHS Talking Therapies service operating across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.


In this role, you will provide Low Intensity interventions whilst undertaking the Post-Graduate Certificate delivered by the University of Exeter commencing in September 2023.

This training post will equip you to provide Step 2 Guided Self-Help Low Intensity Interventions to clients with a range of common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, for which CBT interventions are demonstrated to be clinically effective.


You will be joining a motivated workforce and will be supported in the completion of both your academic study and clinical delivery by skilled and experienced supervisors.

This role will be offered on a permanent contract.


The role typically comprises 3 days per week undertaking clinical practice with the service and 2 days per week attending university.

University days will be hybrid training of a combination of remote and face-to-face teaching in a Bristol based location.


The role is likely to include remote working but attendance at one of the BNSSG offices will be required at least twice a week.


Skills and Experience:

Essential:

  • Undergraduate degree or evidence of previous successful study at Regulated Qualifications Framework Level 5 or Level 6;
  • Evidence of one year's working experience in settings with high exposure to people with mental health difficulties
  • Evidence of interpersonal skills to engage and develop working alliances with colleagues and patient
  • Evidence of an openness to learning new knowledge and skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Excellent administrative and time management skills
  • Flexible and able to provide out of hours clinics as required by service needs
  • An awareness of and commitment to supporting and facilitating diversity and inclusion


Please note applicants must be available to attend interviews during the 16th-23rd June and also on 10th July, and be available to commence the role on 11th September.


Other requirements:

  • Applicants who have completed an NHSfunded psychological professions training programme within the last two years are not eligible to apply.
  • Only those with the right to work in the UK without restriction and eligible for Home Fee status can be recruited. These rules are set by the UK government and cannot be changed by individual universities or the NHS.

Why Vita Health Group?:

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience.

We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK's largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.


To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

  • Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
  • Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview.
  • Our sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant.
  • Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
  • Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
  • Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
  • The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
  • An embedded "speaking up" culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

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