Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

7 months ago


Oldbury, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Sandwell Talking Therapies**

**Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner This is a qualified position so we are keen to hear from qualified or nearly qualified PWPs)**

**Band 5**

**37.5 hours per week Permanent**

**Location: Sandwell**

**PLEASE NOTE: It is essential that successful applicants possess a qualification in an IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Training Course**

Sandwell Talking Therapies is committed to improving health and well being, tackling inequalities and providing a high quality service within the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) guidelines. IAPT supports the NHS in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders across Sandwell.

We are a dynamic and dedicated team that offers a range of psychological therapies and services to treat people and support their recovery within a stepped care model. The service hours are from 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday. The team comprises of a Clinical Lead, Service Manager,
Team Leaders, High Intensity Psychological Therapists, Senior PWP’, PWP’s and Counsellors. The service is committed to developing staff to
reach their full potential within an exceptionally supportive environment. This role is a blended role of office working and home working.

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley

**Person specification**

**Essential**

**Essential criteria**
- Possess a qualification in IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course).
- Accredited or working towards accreditation with British Psychological Society or British Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapists as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- To be willing to work on a rota basis, in line with needs of service
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to adapt clinical practice to meet diverse needs of client group
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision

**Desirable criteria**
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Evidence of working in the local community
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Fluent in languages other than English

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £28,407.00-£34,581.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- working with people who have MH problem: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Training Course (required)
- Accredited or working towards accreditation BPS or BAC (required)
- training:nursing, S Work, OT, counsell/psych therapy (



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