Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Holds an IAPT approved PWP qualification

Desirable

• Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
• Psychology or other health related underdgraduate degree.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of working in the local community

Desirable

• Evidence of working in the local community

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrated an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it presents in primary care
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issue surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health and employment
• Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation

Desirable

• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Abilty to meet agreed / service targets
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Demonstrates high standards in verbal and written communication
• Ability to write clear reports and letters
• Excellent IT skills
• Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice

Desirable

• Ability to provide services in a variety of settings

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

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

Pennine Care

Across GP surgeries in Central Oldham

Oldham

OL1 2JH

Employer's website

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