Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and be able to maintain that right for the duration of employment without sponsorship from the Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Band 5 to join the NHS Talking Therapy service. The PWP provides Step 2 interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.

The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities. The successful candidate will be joining a successful and supportive NHS Talking Therapies team. We will provide clinical supervision and management support. You will also have the opportunity to attend suitable training events to further your clinical practice.

You will have a proven track record of meeting Team targets, maintaining high standards of clinical record keeping and effectively managing your own caseload. You will possess excellent interpersonal and time management skills, an ability to work autonomously, and an enthusiasm for working in a wellbeing service. You will be motivated to develop the Service for the benefit of Service Users, staff and stakeholders alike whilst managing the demands of working in a busy psychological therapies service.

The NHS Talking Therapies service in Furness provides Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services to the local population.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality primary care IAPT services to adults with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of team policies and procedure.
• To deliver IAPT services in accordance with NICE guidelines, within agreed activity levels and model, meeting required key performance indicators (KPIs).
• To provide advice and consultation on client’s care, to other clinicians and to non-professional carers.
• To promote wellbeing and social inclusion.
• To work flexibly and in accordance with service demands. This may include support or clinical supervision of band 4 practitioners where appropriate.
• To work to the agreed number of clinical contacts per week as set by the Team Lead.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask. We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

• Completion of a recognised qualification for the role e.g. PWP Post Graduate Certificate (or Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with a 2022 competency certificate).
• Maintaining registration as PWP with BABCP or BPS (completed or in progress).
• If a current PWP trainee or qualified PWP returning to practice, employment will be contingent on successful completion of training and subsequent registration.
• Training in other psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context.
• Extensive clinical and theoretical knowledge of more than 1 model of psychological therapy.
• Experience of working with particular clientele, e.g. psychosexual counselling or ethnic minorities.
• Experience of psychological work with common mental health problems.
• Experience of short term time-limited work.
• Evidence of regular supervised practice.
• Experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.