Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job summary

YOU MUST APPLY VIA THE UCL WEBSITE TO BE CONSIDERED. Please see link below.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/low-intensity-cognitive-behavioural-interventions-common-mental-health-problems-pg

London wide NHS Talking Therapies for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs)

Psychological therapies services across London are recruiting trainee PWPs as part of the NHS Talking Therapies programme to deliver evidence based psychological therapies for people with anxiety and depression. PWPs provide brief structured supported treatments such as guided self-help.

PWP training is provided by University College London (UCL) and is full time. Trainees attend university one day a week and work in service the remaining 4 days a week. Trainees will be employed in an NHS Talking Therapies psychological treatment service. Training course fees on this programme are fully funded by the NHS. In addition, trainees will receive a salary from the London NHS Talking Therapies service where they undertake their 4-day a week placement over the year of the programme. In previous years, this has been a full-time employed position at NHS band 4.

This programme is an NHS-funded psychological professions training programme. It is a course condition that all students remain employed by an NHS Talking Therapies employer for the duration of the programme.

Main duties of the job

The course is a postgraduate certificate and applicants are required to demonstrate aptitude to study at postgraduate level, either through degree level education or demonstration of academic equivalence.

As part of the application process trainees will be required to nominate two London NHS Talking Therapies services as their preference for training. All details about the application process are set out in the recruitment pack. This information is essential reading for successful applications.

Recruitment is via the UCL website ONLY at the following link:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/low-intensity-cognitive-behavioural-interventions-common-mental-health-problems-pg

Recruitment opens at 10am on Monday 9th September and closes at 10am on Monday 30th September. This is for intakes that will start at the beginning of February 2025.

Please do not apply via the NHS jobs website. Applications submitted via NHS jobs will not be accepted.

For more information about the course see:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/masters/TPPPSYSLCB01

About us

The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.

• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.

• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.

• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.

• Generous Annual Leave Allowance

• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.

• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The post holder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:

• We are kind

• We are respectful

• We work together

• We keep things simple

• We empower

• We are proudly diverse

Employer details

Employer name

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

4 St Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

4 St Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE

Employer's website

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

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