Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

**Main area**
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner**Grade**

Band 5

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**
- Full time
- Part time

37.5 hours per week**Job ref**

373-SMH1828-H RR

**Site**
- Psychology Department**Town**

Chester

**Salary**

£28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

02/09/2024 23:59

**Job overview**:
**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**

The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.

Are you a qualified or soon to be qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner’s. Then we would like to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in Western Cheshire NHS Talking Therapies service, which has a well established supportive Step 2 team. We strive to be a committed, high quality clinical team, providing evidence based interventions to the people of Western Cheshire.

We re seeking a highly motivated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our valued step 2 team.

Post holders need to be registered with the BABCP or BPS, or working towards registration.

**Main duties of the job**:
Western Cheshire NHS Talking Therapies Service has full / part time vacancies for Band 5, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our well established, innovative, and highly successful Primary Care - NHS Talking Therapies Service. We pride ourselves on being a supportive, flexible and welcoming team.

We are looking to recruit Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners who are highly motivated to provide excellent, high quality and time limited low intensity psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to individuals in Western Cheshire.
- have completed an 'IAPT' post graduate certificate in low intensity interventions, qualifying them to work as a Psychological Well-being Practitioner
- provide step 2, NICE compliant interventions using digital platforms, remote technology, telephone and face to face, on an individual and group basis
- have experience of working in an NHS Talking Therapies and/or Primary Care Mental Health Service
- have good knowledge of the NHS Taking Therapies targets the Teams are required to achieve
- will be required to work flexibly to cover the expanding service hours, as required by the service

**Working for our organisation**:
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
- Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
- CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a **_Values Based Interview/Assessment_**,** which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will co