BANK NHS Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job overview

Are you a qualifiedPsychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) looking for flexible work that fits around your lifestyle while allowing you to make a real difference to people's mental health and wellbeing?

We are seeking enthusiastic and compassionate PWPs to join our established Talking Therapies Service on a bank basis. This is an excellent opportunity to support our waiting time improvement initiatives and help individuals access timely, high-quality mental health support.

Why Join Us?

As part of our friendly and supportive team, you will benefit from:

• Flexible bank hours to suit your availability
• Regular clinical and case management supervision
• Access to bespoke Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities
• A welcoming and supportive team culture focused on staff wellbeing
• Comprehensive induction and onboarding programme
• Laptop/mobile phone provided
• Full training on our clinical systems and integrated services

Our service operates between 08.00 to 18:00 hours, Monday to Friday.

About You

You will be a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner who is passionate about delivering evidence-based interventions and helping people improve their mental health outcomes. You will enjoy working as part of a collaborative team and be committed to providing high-quality, person-centred care.

Apply today and help us make a positive difference to the lives of people across our communities.

Job description

Main Duties:

• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• Assess and supports people with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
• Deliver LI treatments, primarily on the telephone and in groups, with some face to face work.
• Undertakes patient - centred interviews which identifies areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-ups the person's treatment to high intensity.
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high volume low - intensity psychological treatments. This may include guided self - help computerised CBT, information about pharmacological treatments. This work may be on the telephone, via other media or face to face.
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
• Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service

Job responsibilities

Flexible and Hybrid Working

We are committed to supporting flexible ways of working and offer a blend ofhome-based and office-based working. Our PWPs work across the county from one of our four local bases, enabling a balanced and adaptable approach to service delivery.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Join Us

If you are looking for rewarding, flexible work within a respected Talking Therapies service that values both client outcomes and staff wellbeing, we would love to hear from you.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please ensure you note your BABCP accreditation status in your application.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

About the organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree standard in a subject enabling the post holder to demonstrate psychological mindedness, e.g. Psychology, social sciences or health. or Equivalent level gained through prior relevant experience and accredited courses.
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions

Desirable

• Has completed the LTC IAPT top up training
• Has completed the IAPT supervisor trainingDesirableApplication

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working therapeutically with people who have experienced a mental health problem
• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
• Experience of facilitating psycho-educational groups.

Professional

Essential

• To be 'registered' as a PWP with the BABCP or BPS

Desirable

• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
• Computer literate

Supporting documents

• JDPS.pdf (PDF, 353 KB)