Lead PWP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role will include:

1) Supporting staff to deliver Step 2 low intensity interventions within the Talking Therapies service; to offer evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model for people experiencing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety.

2) Providing high quality supervision, support, and a focus on wellbeing for staff providing low intensity interventions within the service.

3) Offer expert clinical support and guidance to Step 2 staff seeing difficult patients or managing challenging and complex referrals when appropriate; in a way that helps to promote learning and resilience.

4) To have overall clinical responsibility for the delivery of Step 2 interventions which includes group and webinar delivery and Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This should be done collaboration with other professional leads and the wider Senior Team as appropriate.

5) To ensure National standards are met including the provision of 20 completed clinical contact hours a week and an individual minimum 50% recovery rate.

6) To contribute to learning and development of PWPs and other external allied professionals or agencies where appropriate

7) To provide some clinical intervention at step 2 for people with common mental health problems.

8) To help support Operational Managers with interface with new Primary Care Networks to help ensure good open accessible pathways into Talking Therapies for service users

9) To be representative of the Step 2 work force in Senior meetings; and when representing the service.

10) Will be supervised by, and reporting directly to, the Central Team Operational Manager.

In addition, the NHFT offer the opportunity to work flexible hours and some out of hours support would be expected as part of the role. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience delivering evidence-based low intensity CBT interventions within NHS Talking Therapies services, with a good recovery rate and across a variety of modalities
• Senior PWP experience including delivering supervision
• Ability to manage both a clinical and supervisory caseload in line with service KPIs

Desirable

• Experience delivering supervision / mentoring trainee PWPs
• Involvement in service development projects and / or audits to support service performance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Lotus House

Victoria Street

Northampton

NN1 3NR

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)