Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

This is a blended post with a weekly pattern of working two or three days on site, and some home working. A key part of the role will be to provide clinical supervision for PWPs within the service. The Senior PWP will work alongside the Talking Therapies Service Manager, Team Leaders and our other Senior PWPs and Senior Clinicians and will receive their own clinical supervision from the Deputy Clinical Lead within the team. There will be opportunities for ongoing professional development as well as the chance to contribute to further service development.

Responsibilities

• Undertake appropriate clinical supervision on a regular basis in accordance with the relevant professional guidelines and policies
• Take personal responsibility for achieving agreed clinical activity in accordance with service policies.
• To develop an area of special interest, to the level whereby the post-holder could become a resource of information for the whole service.
• Adhere to the policies and procedures of Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust.
• Maintain appropriate clinical records in keeping with service operational policy
• Participate in setting and review of objectives for the post on an annual basis
• Participate in activities of \’continuing professional development\’ (CPD) on an annual basis.
• Attend professional meetings as appropriate.
• Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Co-ordinate and liaise between different staff groups including Assistant psychologists, High Intensity Therapists.
• Support the development and delivery of interactive psycho-education within a CBT framework to large groups of Service Users.
• For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.
• You will be an experienced PWP with at least 1 year post qualification experience and with a recognized IAPT qualification in Step 2 intervention and will be registered or working towards PWP accreditation with the BABCP or BPS. The position provides an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced PWP to lead in the further development of the PWP role as the service grows and ensure our team of PWPs are supported and supervised effectively.
• IAPT supervision training and experience
• A related undergraduate degree, e.g. Psychology
• Postgraduate Certificate in IAPT step 2 working
• Significant post qualification experience
• Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
• Significant post-qualification experience in offering and delivering the full range of evidence-based IAPT low intensity interventions
• Desirable criteria
• Additional areas of training through short courses
• Experience of delivering training to a range of professionals, Experience of working within an IAPT service
• Significant knowledge of IAPT compliant step 2 ways of working
• Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines
• Knowledge of working with diversity
• Evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of assessment procedures, screening, referral, record-keeping and evidence-based brief psychological interventions
• Knowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation
• Knowledge of clinical risk assessment
• Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
• An understanding of the context of IAPT stepped care
• Experience of having worked in a service where agreed waiting time and clinical outcomes targets are in place
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Desirable criteria
• Experience of partnership working
• Substantial experience of multi-disciplinary teamwork
• Experience of audit and research
• Experience of working in a supervisor role
• Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques
• Fluency in a community language other than English
• Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa – GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Context

The NHS Talking Therapies Service in South East Hertfordshire is looking to employ a full time Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team in Ware. The role, working closely with the PWPs they supervise, plays a central role in ensuring our service is of the best quality, with the best outcomes for our service users.

Hertfordshire was one of the original 11 Pathfinder sites for the development of IAPT Services, commencing in 2007/8 and has since developed through 1st and 2nd wave expansion sites to provide a well-resourced and innovative IAPT service across the whole of the county. Our Trust has been awarded \’Outstanding\’ status by the Care Quality Commission and our IAPT Service is APPS accredited. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of \’Outstanding\’ from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. About us – Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust. Our Trust is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services.