Job summary
Herefordshire
and Worcestershire Talking Therapies Service is a dynamic service that strives
for balance between meeting locally commissioned targets, clinical effectiveness,
and patient-centred care.
Are you a qualified
enthusiastic and passionate Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)? Talking Therapies are looking to recruit Psychological
Wellbeing Practitioner to join our expanding team.
Talking Therapies values the
clinical growth, development, and wellbeing of therapists - providing regular
supportive supervision, champion roles, frequent CPD, and flexible working
opportunities including a balance of office and remote working.
You
will need to be reregistered with the British Association for Behavioural and
Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). You will need to have a qualification in a Post
Graduate Diploma Low Intensity Psychological Interventions with Adults.
Contracted hours for this
role are full-time and requirements are 37.5 hours per week.
As part of the role, you
will be expected to work flexibly to suit the needs of the service, this may
include some early morning and late evening appointments. In addition to this
you will be required to work at your locality base and remote home working and
may be required to travel for mandatory face to face training.
Main duties of the job
As an employed
psychological wellbeing practitioner within Talking Therapies, we would expect
you to:
- Behave consistently with the values and
beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.
- Act as a role model to colleagues,
always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
- Use their initiative and take
responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service
they provide to patients.
- Be a part of Talking Therapies Service
and provide lower intensity psychological interventions for patients that meet
the service criteria for step 2 CBT.
- Be accountable for their professional
actions and clinical judgement.
- Attend regular clinical supervision and
line management as requires by the service.
- Following completion of the supervisory
training, offer case management supervision, as required.
- Work with patients from diverse
populations and make reasonable adjustments including patients presenting with
a range of long-term heath conditions to enable equal opportunities for all.
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners
are expected to effectively manage their own time, caseloads and performance in
line with service demands.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
-
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
-
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
-
Wide range of supportive staff networks
-
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharing
your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- English in both verbal and written formats
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Ability to write clear reports and letters to refer patients
- Excellent communication skills, including telephone skills
- Ability to deliver and present short courses for patients and presentations for promotional work within the wider community
- Experience with carrying our risk assessment and linking in with safeguarding teams.
Desirable
- Signposting Knowledge of community services
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in Post Graduate Lower intensity psychological interventions PWP in Adults
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Trained in the provision of talking Therapies (IAPT) supervision for CBT
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Willingness to undertake Continuing Professional Development for accreditation requirements
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to do some remote home working as required with service and a need to work form your locality for face to face treatments and clinical skills.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in primary care mental health services
- Previously worked in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Evidence of working with patients who have experienced anxiety and depression within a primary care setting
- Experience of successfully treating a range of presenting problems with lower intensity psychological interventions (e.g. depression, panic, GAD, sleep, specific phobias, problem solving)
- Experience in delivery of pscyhoeducational short courses digital therapy, telephone guided self-help, one to one therapy, and signposting to third party agencies and other community services
- Experience of accurate and detailed assessment and management of risk through telephone and face to face communications
- Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication
Desirable
- Evidence of working in the local community preferred around Worcestershire or surrounding areas
- Experience of service promotion with regards to Talking Therapies appropriate therapies
- Experience of delivery of Talking Therapies supervision to others
- Experience of working within an Talking Therapies service Post PWP qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/benefits and employment systems
- 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
- Knowledge of child and adult safeguarding issues and relevant legislation
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- English in both verbal and written formats
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Ability to write clear reports and letters to refer patients
- Excellent communication skills, including telephone skills
- Ability to deliver and present short courses for patients and presentations for promotional work within the wider community
- Experience with carrying our risk assessment and linking in with safeguarding teams.
Desirable
- Signposting Knowledge of community services
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in Post Graduate Lower intensity psychological interventions PWP in Adults
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Trained in the provision of talking Therapies (IAPT) supervision for CBT
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Willingness to undertake Continuing Professional Development for accreditation requirements
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to do some remote home working as required with service and a need to work form your locality for face to face treatments and clinical skills.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in primary care mental health services
- Previously worked in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Evidence of working with patients who have experienced anxiety and depression within a primary care setting
- Experience of successfully treating a range of presenting problems with lower intensity psychological interventions (e.g. depression, panic, GAD, sleep, specific phobias, problem solving)
- Experience in delivery of pscyhoeducational short courses digital therapy, telephone guided self-help, one to one therapy, and signposting to third party agencies and other community services
- Experience of accurate and detailed assessment and management of risk through telephone and face to face communications
- Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication
Desirable
- Evidence of working in the local community preferred around Worcestershire or surrounding areas
- Experience of service promotion with regards to Talking Therapies appropriate therapies
- Experience of delivery of Talking Therapies supervision to others
- Experience of working within an Talking Therapies service Post PWP qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/benefits and employment systems
- 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
- Knowledge of child and adult safeguarding issues and relevant legislation
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.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
