Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Norfolk, 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**:
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us to work at HMP Prisons as part of the multidisciplinary team that offers Mental Health and Wellbeing Services, to the population of HMP Norwich HMP Bure and HMP Wayland. A very warm welcome awaits you

If you want a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is definitely the job for you Prisons are one of the most challenging yet extremely rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work.

We are looking to recruit a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team

Qualified applicants will hold a Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies

You will work as part of a diverse and supportive team of Psychological Therapists, PWPs, nurses, psychologists, and psychiatrists. We are able offer our team members the opportunity to continue to develop their expertise via training and development opportunities in different parts of our service.

We will consider applicants for a trainee position.

**Main duties of the job**:
What makes us different?

Our service uses an integrated model from arrest to release from prison thus allowing a PWP’s and the wider team to know the full process and journey of the service user. We have found this model really works and makes our working much more collaborative and joined up. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join the team and help us build, shape and grow our service. We want to hear your ideas.

The role will be based across the 3 prisons.

**Working for our organisation**:
Our trust values are Positively, Respectfully and Together and we want someone to join the team who lives and breathes these values.

What can we offer?

NSFT Secure Mental Health Services have been consistently rated "Good" by the CQC.

Our secure services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justice services. This is not a standalone role, as part of the wider NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team you will receive excellent clinical supervision alongside professional and governance support.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
We are looking for a qualified PWP who has knowledge and experience of working within busy and challenging environments such as community wellbeing services or secure environments and working with people who present with a range of common mental health difficulties, including depression and anxiety.

The successful applicant will work autonomously and provide direct interventions to a defined caseload of service users operating within recognised professional guidelines. Qualified PWP's will usually undertake 5 contacts to provide assessments and interventions a day with residents of the prisons. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of a Psychological Therapist and report directly to the Senior PWP.

**Person specification**:
**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Skills in effective risk assessment and risk management
- Experience in the delivery of evidence based step 2 interventions

**Desirable criteria**:

- Evidence of working in the local community
- Experience of delivering training and developing others

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification
- Experienced and Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant experiences and competencies as required

**Desirable criteria**:

- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or wi



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