Job summary
NHS Talking Therapies Liverpool
TRAINEE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING PRACTITIONER (Trainee PWP)
Trainee PWP posts Band 4 (13 month fixed term contract)
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our dynamic and innovative service.
We are on a journey to transform the quality of the care we provide with recovery and wellbeing at the heart of everything that we do. Our vision is to become the leading organization in the provision of mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care.
NHS Talking Therapies Liverpool is part of Mersey Care is a primary care service delivering psychological interventions for people with mild to moderate depression and anxiety related disorders in Liverpool.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner applicants for this training opportunity. You must be able to demonstrate the required academic levels and qualifications in order to successfully complete the 12 month Post Graduate Certificate, which will be taught at Liverpool John Moores University. Therefore applicants must be willing/able to work in Liverpool and attend Uni (this will be an initial 3 week block, followed by a split of 4 days in service and 1 days in university which may be remote).
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a training role within NHS Talking Therapies Liverpool. The post-holders time will be split between working within the service and undertaking a programme of study at university. The training will equip the postholder to provide a range of high volume low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) basedinterventions, to those experiencing mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression. The postholder will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within National Low Intensity curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.
The step 2 workforce is integral to the successful running of any NHS Talking Therapies service. The post-holder will therefore work alongside Support Workers / Assistant PWPs and qualified PWPs, with caseload supervision and managerial support from a Senior PWP and Team Lead.
For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the attached documentation. Below is a brief summary of further pertinent responsibilities:
Undertake 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 departments referral protocols, refers unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the persons treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
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 face to face, telephone or via other media.
Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a training role within NHS Talking Therapies Liverpool. The post-holders time will be split between working within the service and undertaking a programme of study at university. The training will equip the postholder to provide a range of high volume low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) basedinterventions, to those experiencing mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression. The postholder will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within National Low Intensity curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.
The step 2 workforce is integral to the successful running of any NHS Talking Therapies service. The post-holder will therefore work alongside Support Workers / Assistant PWPs and qualified PWPs, with caseload supervision and managerial support from a Senior PWP and Team Lead.
For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the attached documentation. Below is a brief summary of further pertinent responsibilities:
Undertake 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 departments referral protocols, refers unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the persons treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
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 face to face, telephone or via other media.
Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall 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.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Evidence of ability to successfully complete undergraduate degree or equivalent (min 2.2)
- Evidence of ability to manage academic requirements for the course i.e. being able to complete a level 6 study programme
Desirable
- Training in nursing, social work, occ therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy
- Health or Social care related degree
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Proven relevant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
- Demonstrate an ability to manager own workload and time
- Demonstrates an ability of high communication skills - written, verbal, telephone
- Demonstrates an ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Computer literate
Desirable
- Experience of working as an IAPT Support Worker / Asst PWP
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Knowledge of self-help materials for managing common mental health problems
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Proven relevant experience of working in Primary Care services
- Proven relevant experience of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Proven relevant expereicne of working in the local community
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to the post
Skills
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective whoilst working with service users in own personal and professional development and supervision
Desirable
- Car driver and / or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the Liverpool area
- Fluent in community languages other than English
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Evidence of ability to successfully complete undergraduate degree or equivalent (min 2.2)
- Evidence of ability to manage academic requirements for the course i.e. being able to complete a level 6 study programme
Desirable
- Training in nursing, social work, occ therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy
- Health or Social care related degree
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Proven relevant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
- Demonstrate an ability to manager own workload and time
- Demonstrates an ability of high communication skills - written, verbal, telephone
- Demonstrates an ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Computer literate
Desirable
- Experience of working as an IAPT Support Worker / Asst PWP
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Knowledge of self-help materials for managing common mental health problems
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Proven relevant experience of working in Primary Care services
- Proven relevant experience of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Proven relevant expereicne of working in the local community
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to the post
Skills
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective whoilst working with service users in own personal and professional development and supervision
Desirable
- Car driver and / or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the Liverpool area
- Fluent in community languages other than English
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.
