Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our growing team here at Bradford Talking Therapies (IAPT Service).

Bradford Talking Therapies (IAPT Service) is an established, forward-thinking 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' (IAPT) service, providing psychological therapy for people across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

Bradford Talking Therapies (IAPT Service) prides itself on being a supportive and welcoming service, with a strong focus on Staff Wellbeing. We have structures in place to support your needs and we encourage all staff to be involved in this. We will care for you, your role and career development, while you care for the people who need our support.

Main duties of the job

What is the role?

The post holder will join our Senior PWP team, supporting a team of qualified and trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs). The role involves providing regular supervision in the form of caseload management (1:1) and clinical skills (group) to supervisees in order to ensure that PWPs are enabled to continually develop and the quality of the service is maintained . The role also involves delivering assessments and evidence based Step 2 interventions to a small caseload of clients.

Additionally, the post holder will work alongside Bradford Talking Therapies (IAPT Service) management and leadership team in the development of Step 2, whilst helping the service achieve its required key performance indicators and excellent service delivery in accordance with clinical guidance. We are committed to working together to help us to evolve and meet the future needs of the diverse community that we serve.

This post is an excellent opportunity for an existing Senior PWP or a qualified PWP looking to develop.

The post holder will have completed the Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions (Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Training) for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and will hold PWP registration with a recognised professional body for PWPs (BABCP/BPS).

Closing Date: 15th November 2023

Shortlisting Date: 16th November 2023

Interview Date: TBC

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Somerset House

Manor Lane

Shipley

BD18 3BP

Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Somerset House

Manor Lane

Shipley

BD18 3BP

Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

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