Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

**Title**: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

**Location**: HMP Preston, 2 Ribbleton Ln, Preston PR1 5AB

**Salary**: £25,665 to £31,534 per annum depending on experience / Agenda for Change Band 5

**Hours**: 37.5hrs per week

**Contract**: Permanent

Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for people affected by mental illness. For more than 40 years we have brought people together to support each other. We run services and support groups that change people’s lives, and we challenge attitudes about mental illness

Rethink Mental Illness work alongside Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust to provide an integrated stepped care mental health service across HMP Preston, HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Kirkham.

This role will be based at HMP Preston but some travel to HMP Lancaster and HMP Kirkham will be required to support effective service delivery - travel time and costs will be supported for this.

The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner will work as part of a mental health team within the Prison to provide high volume, low intensity interventions which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions, for clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. This includes providing guided self-help in both 1:1 and group formats, in line with the current Step 2 IAPT guidelines.

**As a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, you will**:
Provide rapid screening and assessment, informed by knowledge of the spectrum of mental health needs and risk factors.

Provide assessment and Low intensity interventions e.g., psycho-educational interventions, Guided Self Help, drawing from CBT theories and techniques

Manage a high volume, low intensity caseload.

Identify and develop prisoners to become trained Peer Mentors who will support first night reception centres, induction meetings, co-facilitate group sessions with PWPs and offer general peer support and awareness raising to prisoners.

Work as part of an integrated mental health team, with a range of other mental health professionals to ensure the most appropriate care is provided to patient

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners work Monday to Friday during core business hours; however, some flexibility is required depending on service need. All clinical work is carried out face to face within the prison environment.

**To be considered for the role, you will demonstrate**:
Successful completion of an academic course of study in line with the IAPT Low Intensity National Programme and qualified as a PWP, e.g., Post Grad Diploma in Psychological Therapies.

Current accreditation status with either BABCP or BPS as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Post-qualification experience in offering and delivering the full range of evidence based IAPT low intensity interventions at Step 2.

Evidence of working within a stepped care service with people who have experienced a mental health problem delivering and demonstrating recovery outcomes.

Knowledge of assessment procedures, screening, referral, record-keeping, and evidence-based brief psychological interventions.

**What we offer in return**:
Supervision in line with IAPT guidelines

Competitive Salary

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

33 days Annual leave including statutory/bank holiday

Childcare Vouchers Scheme

Where appropriate paid eye test plus up to £55 towards the cost of new glasses or lenses

Excellent Career Development Opportunities

**£300 when you introduce a Friend**: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member