Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

London wide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT) for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs)

Psychological therapies services across London are recruiting trainee PWPs as part of the IAPT programme to deliver evidence based psychological therapies for people with anxiety and depression.PWPs provide brief structured supported treatments such as guided self-help.

PWP trainingis provided by University College London (UCL) and is full time. Trainees attend university one day a week and work in service the remaining 4 days a week. Trainees will be employed in an IAPT psychological treatment service. Training course fees on this programme are fully funded by the NHS. In addition, trainees will receive a salary from the London IAPT service where they undertake their 4-day a week placement over the year of the programme. In previous years, this has been a full-time employed position at NHS band 4.

PWPs work with people across the adult age range.

We are keen to recruit a workforce that is representative of the diverse local London population.
Applicants should have experience of working with people with psychological, interpersonal or social problems; either through employed positions or formal volunteer roles.
The course is a postgraduate certificate and applicants are required to demonstrate aptitude to study at postgraduate level, either through degree level education or demonstration of academic equivalence.

Recruitment opens at 10am on Thursday 27th April and close at 10am on Monday 15th May. This is for intakes that will start at the beginning of October 2023.

Main

**Responsibilities**:
1. CLINICAL
1.1. Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
1.2. Assess and supports people with a common mental health problem in the self management of their recovery.
1.3. 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.
1.4. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, refers unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the person’s treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
1.5. 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.
1.6. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary. IAPT Psychological Well Being Trainee FINAL JUNE 2009 jw/md
1.7. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall 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.
1.8. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
1.9. Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
1.10. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.



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