Senior Pwp

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Clinical Referral Team. The Clinical Referral Team centrally supports our local teams and are responsible for delivering waiting list initiatives, providing therapy for complex cases to ensure patients start their treatment as quickly as possible, managing risk on access and supporting risk arising for patients who are enrolled on centrally coordinated interventions. Practitioners working as part of this team deliver a broad and interesting range of interventions.

The Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner supports the Service Lead and Step 2 Lead to develop the step 2 service provision within Insight. The role provides an opportunity for experienced PWP’s who are committed to developing their careers to share their interest and passion and to develop these qualities and skills in others. The post holder will ensure that our services are provided in a way that is consistent with our values, supporting and promoting an organisational culture
that values: innovation, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.

You will use your skills and expertise to provide disorder specific assessments, evidence-based low intensity CBT interventions and risk management and support. You will offer a wide range of treatments, including telephone and online treatment, computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programmes, psycho-educational groups, courses, workshops, webinars, and one-to-one work.

We are looking for dynamic, compassionate clinicians who want to work in a progressive team, to drive positive patient experiences and improve access rates across all of our services.

This role is fully remote working.

**About you**

We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:

- Holds either PG/UG certificate in Low Intensity Interventions from a recognised BPS accredited PWP training provider **OR **MSc Applied Psychology integrated with PWP qualification with dual BPS accreditation as PWP training **OR **PWP Apprenticeship training qualification from a BPS accredited PWP training programme.
- PWP registration with either BABCP or BPS.
- PWP Supervision qualification.
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem, using low-intensity CBT in the PWP role.
- Experience of working within an IAPT service and achieving good individual outcomes in patient work.
- Experience of using IAPT data management systems.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of anxiety disorders, depression, the stepped care model, and high-intensity step-up options to aid clinical decision-making in the service and appropriate patient coordination.
- Experience of providing PWP supervision.

**What we offer in return**

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell days
- Enhanced pension
- Refer a Friend payment of £500 (or £750 for certain roles)
- Cycle to work & enhanced car schemes
- Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts
- Fully funded flu vaccines
- Technology salary sacrifice scheme for home appliances, tablets, mobiles, TV’s, fitness trackers and more
- Various colleague networks including neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ and BAME
- Bi-monthly values awards, where winners receive gift vouchers and a tree planted in their honor
- Ongoing CPD - Through our brand new 'Elevate' programme, we work with experts from across the country to bring high-quality CPD to our teams, to help further their skills and knowledge and improve the support we provide
- Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Volunteer programme
- Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary