Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies are offering an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and innovative team. We always invest in our staff to develop their knowledge and skills in order to provide excellent care to our service users.

If you are someone compassionate, enthusiastic and reflective with a desire to help people, our Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) apprenticeship could be the role for you Experience of working in a mental health setting or supporting service users in a similar setting will be a key part of what you could bring to the role. You may also have relevant life experience or transferable skills that would enable you to effectively support people with mental health challenges.

NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies provides evidence-based psychological therapies over the telephone, online or face to face.

The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner apprenticeship is a 12-15-month course, delivered by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Apprenticeship scheme & The Learning & Development Centre. The programme combines both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. This enables us to offer a supportive environment with high quality supervision giving you the best opportunity to build your skills.

This role offers a hybrid working pattern, to be discussed further at interview.

**To train as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner you will**:

- Attend the academic teaching days and complete all requirements of the apprenticeship including coursework and assessments.
- The apprenticeship will primarily involve one day per week protected learning time, either in person in the classroom, online learning or self-study, followed by four days working in service putting learning into practice. On occasion you will attend block teaching weeks.
- Training will also involve shadowing your peers, project work, or directed study.
- On successful completion of the programme, you will be equipped with the knowledge, experience and skills relevant to continue as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within our service. We continue to offer ongoing training to further develop skills.

**The main duties of this role include**:
Successfully completing the apprenticeship
Carrying out telephone screening assessments and low intensity CBT-based treatment sessions.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

**Our values are**: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

To meet the eligibility for Health Education England (HEE) Funding for this apprenticeship, you will need to:
Have been resident in the UK for at least the last three years.
Have not received HEE funding for a Psychological Professionals course in the last two years

You will not be entitled to receive additional HEE funding following completion of this training (if you fail to complete the course, from the date the training ends) for the next two years.

Please be aware as a part of our recruitment and onboarding there will be an eligibility screening process which will involve a form being sent to you for us to evaluate and ensure you meet the criteria for funding. If you have any questions regarding the funding criteria please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies is a Team of over 200 staff. Although a large Team, staff feel part of a close knit and supportive service who pride themselves on supporting patients with mild to moderate depression and anxiety across Oxfordshire.

Staff wellbeing is a top priority for us. We have a very active, nationally recognised Wellbeing Team and work hard to ensure that a supportive, collaborative, and productive culture is in place. We offer robust supervision and ongoing continuing professional development.

In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these



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