Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners

3 weeks ago

Norwich, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust Full time

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
Norfolk and Waveney Mind are seeking a number of well-motivated individuals to join us as **Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners **(PWPs)** **working within the Wellbeing Service. This service is part of the national IAPT programme, aimed at helping people across Norfolk and Waveney aged 16 and over, who are experiencing anxiety and depression.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will be working in a fast-paced role that requires excellent organisational and time management skills, managing a high number of client contact sessions each day. This is a demanding role and these conversations can contain emotionally challenging information, therefore it is essential you are able to manage your own wellbeing. The service provides regular structured supervision sessions which will support you within the role. Client sessions are highly structured, approximately half involve assessing the mental health needs of new clients, which could involve signposting to other organisations. The remainder of the role involves delivering 30-minute coaching sessions using brief cognitive behavioral therapy-based techniques, delivered via telephone, video calls, webinars, computerized CBT and face to face.

**Working for our organisation**:
It is a well-established partnership between Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) and Mind.** **For this position all posts are employed by Norfolk and Waveney Mind. Join us in our fight for better mental health for all. The trainee PWP position includes undertaking the Post Graduate or Undergraduate certificate in evidence based low intensity CBT at UEA

You can find out more about the PWP training on the UEA website.

If you are invited to interview, you must bring with you the original certificates and evidence for any relevant academic qualifications you hold. Offers cannot be made without this information.

Attendance at all UEA teaching days is compulsory and annual leave cannot be booked for UEA teaching days. Attendance is monitored and to ensure adequate development of competency trainees must ensure that their attendance does not fall below a set minimum (80% per module).

Further information about the PWP role can be found on YouTube by typing in:
Psychological Professions: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) PPN East

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Successful applicants will therefore need to demonstrate:

- Dedication to high level quality care
- Excellent time management administration and IT skills to manage a high-volume caseload
- Emotional resilience
- Understanding of the aims of the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme and willingness to work to within a target focused environment
- Ability to work at specific locations in Norfolk
- Ability to work flexibly, including some evenings

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- hold a degree or higher qualification

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Applicants must have a minimum one year of relevant care experience

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working in Primary Care Services

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem.

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of delivering interventions to people with Mental Health issues
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
- Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. _
- Additionally, people with disa

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