Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Blackpool, United Kingdom Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Role entails completing a PG Cert Promoting Psychological Wellbeing at Uclan while gaining clinical experience working in the Blackpool Healthier Minds NHS Talking Therapy Service to undertake clinical work.

**The role involves**:
Completing Welcome and Assessment calls to triage clients who self refer to the Blackpool Healthier Minds service.
To offer low intensity (Step 2) treatment to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
Making onward referrals to other services.
Delivering clinical sessions either Face to Face, over the Telephone or via Web Camera.
Delivering step 2 groups.
Managing a caseload and ensuring a high level of record keeping.
Engaging in regular case management and clinical supervision.
Managing clients who present with risk and responding to this in a timely way in line with service guidelines.
Completing all academic components of university course.

We require flexible and enthusiastic applicants who have mental health experience and would like to train to be Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs). The successful applicant will join Blackpool Healthier Minds NHS Talking Therapy Service

Healthier Minds operates a self-referral pathway, and the team includes CBT therapists, Counsellors and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, providing psychological assessment and therapies to people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. We also run Stress Control courses, MCBT Courses, offer online therapy, EMDR, and couples counselling.

Applicants will need to have the necessary experience and academic ability to attend and complete an IAPT PWP training course.
The training takes place over a full academic year while meeting the course practical requirements through the placement with the IAPT service.
On completion of this training and once transcripts have been received from the university to confirm this the post will be transferred to a permanent band 5 qualified PWP position.

Interviews will take place face to face.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents - it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

**Our strategic vision is**:
“As a high performing Trust, operating as part of an integrated care system, we will provide high quality, safe and effective care. This will be achieved in a financially sustainable way, through our skilled and motivated workforce”.

Blackpool Healthier Minds NHS Talking Therapy Service operates from a number of community bases within the Blackpool area. We offer interventions and psychological therapies across Step 2 and 3, and over the past 12-18 months have developed pathways with physical health services in line with the National NHS Talking Therapies Long Term Conditions programme, in order to expand and increase the offer of psychological therapies to the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde population. We receive self-referrals and referrals from health care professionals for the Long-Term Conditions arm of the service.

Please see attached documents for detailed Job Description and Person Specification.



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