Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 27 August 2025

Job summary

As a Senior PWP, you will be part of a team consisting of a Lead PWP and three Senior PWPs. Collectively you will be responsible for all aspects of the day to day running of a busy step-2 team.

You will be required to offer a cohort of trainee and qualified PWPs case management supervision and line management.

You will be involved in service development and promotion.

You will work with the team to monitoring clinical activity, manage step-2 waiting lists and productivity.

You will hold a caseload of clients delivering a range of low intensity evidence-based services within Step 2 of the stepped care pathway focussing on self-help and guided self-help.

Main duties of the job

  • Clinical- offering step-2 NICE recommended guided self-help CBT based interventions
  • Managing your own caseload
  • Attending regular supervisions and training
  • Line management of trainee and qualified PWPs
  • Offering case management and clinical skills supervision to trainee and qualified PWPs
  • Service development and promotion
  • Performance management

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Details

Date posted

20 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7383242-CMH

Job locations

Wensley Close

London

SE9 5AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified PWP

Desirable

  • Psychology undergrad

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in NHS Talking therapies

Desirable

  • two years post qualified experience of working as a PWP

Experience

Desirable

  • Line management or supervision experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified PWP

Desirable

  • Psychology undergrad

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in NHS Talking therapies

Desirable

  • two years post qualified experience of working as a PWP

Experience

Desirable

  • Line management or supervision experience

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wensley Close

London

SE9 5AB


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wensley Close

London

SE9 5AB


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Penny Moyse

penny.moyse@nhs.net

02032601100

Details

Date posted

20 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7383242-CMH

Job locations

Wensley Close

London

SE9 5AB


Supporting documents

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