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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

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Job summary

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Location: Fylde and Wyre Talking Therapies

The NHS Talking Therapies Service (as part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust) offer this great opportunity to work as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

We are currently recruiting for a position in the following Team - Fylde and Wyre. These roles are offered on a full time permanent basis.

You will be supervising a team of dynamic and committed qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) and trainees as well as providing leadership to those staff in terms of performance and well-being.

You must be a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner who can provide evidence of consolidated post qualification experience working within the PWP role including PWP registration with BABCP or BPS.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-FYL449-CLK

Job locations

Mountcroft Resource Centre

Fleetwood

FY7 6AH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Completion of a suitable accredited course E.g. PG Cert PWP Training or Graduate Mental Health Worker Qualification with certificate of exemption from the NHS England PWP Competency Scheme
  • Registered as PWP by BABCP or BPS (completed or pending)

Desirable

  • Training in other psychological therapy

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context.
  • Understanding of the role of mentoring
  • Knowledge of mental health referral pathways and procedures.

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial post qualification clinical work in an Talking Therapies setting.
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision
  • Experience of mentoring trainees
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Completion of a suitable accredited course E.g. PG Cert PWP Training or Graduate Mental Health Worker Qualification with certificate of exemption from the NHS England PWP Competency Scheme
  • Registered as PWP by BABCP or BPS (completed or pending)

Desirable

  • Training in other psychological therapy

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context.
  • Understanding of the role of mentoring
  • Knowledge of mental health referral pathways and procedures.

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial post qualification clinical work in an Talking Therapies setting.
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision
  • Experience of mentoring trainees

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.

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.

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mountcroft Resource Centre

Fleetwood

FY7 6AH


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mountcroft Resource Centre

Fleetwood

FY7 6AH


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Joint PWP Lead for LSCFT Talking Therapies

Kieran Fleck

kieran.fleck@lscft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-FYL449-CLK

Job locations

Mountcroft Resource Centre

Fleetwood

FY7 6AH


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