Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Rochford, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The successful applicants will be skilled and experienced in dealing with assessment and treatment provision for clients requiring Step 2 interventions, highly motivated with the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload and have completed an approved IAPT compliant training.

If you have previously applied for the role, please wait 3 months before re-applying.

Postholders will:

  • Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
  • Assess and support people with a common mental health problem in the selfmanagement of their recovery.
  • Undertakes patient centred interviews which identifies areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
  • Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high volume low intensity psychological treatments. This may include guided self help computerised CBT, information about pharmacological treatments. This work may be face to face, telephone or via other media.


Therapy For You is an IAPT primary care therapy service based in SE and NE Essex working from our own premises, GP surgeries and community settings.

Since 2009 we have been delivering a range of services including self-help psycho educational courses, therapy groups, online/digital therapeutic services and individual therapies including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) to our local communities.

The service works with +18 years adults presenting with mild, moderate and severe anxiety and depression.

The successful applicants will be skilled and experienced in dealing with assessment and treatment provision for clients requiring Step 2 interventions, highly motivated with the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload and have completed an approved IAPT compliant training.


We are committed to providing an out of hours service to the community and this involves working some evenings or Saturdays, typically 6-9pm or 9am-1pm respectively.

It is essential that post holders have a UK driving licence and/or have access to a vehicle. Further information available from both job description and person specification.

The post-holder will:

  • Hold an IAPT compliant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification from a training programme that is accredited by the British Psychological Society.
  • Offer evidencebased practice in facilitated selfhelp, computerised CBT and stress management groups
  • Work within the IAPT service providing high volume low intensity interventions which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based selfmanagement interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
  • Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
  • Attend multidisciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.


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