Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in Beckenham

This is a great opportunity for a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to further develop the low intensity service provision within Croydon Talking Therapies, and to support the senior management team in overseeing the step 2 offer in the service. We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support clinicians in their career aspirations, offering ongoing training and development. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties, including HI CBT. We are looking for a commitment of at least 1 year in this role.

The successful applicant will be proficient in the delivery of telephone triage assessments and CBT-based guided self-help interventions and have experience of working with common mental health problems within primary care. You will also have opportunities to co-run groups and workshops with other PWPs or High-Intensity Therapists and experience and skills in this would be very beneficial. It's an opportunity to further develop your already existing supervisory skills and gain experience in supervising step 2 clinicians.

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 7:30pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. Please note, SPWP are required to be able to work from the office 2 days per week.

You can expect a friendly, creative, welcoming and social team consisting of Step 2 clinicians, High Intensity Therapists and admin staff. We take pride in involving our staff, drawing upon their skills and strengths and have a Staff Health and Wellbeing Champion. We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate team players, committed to working for our Croydon communities, offering patient-centred, responsive and high quality psychological health and wellbeing services.

The postholder will be based at our team bases in Central Croydon and at the Bethlem Hospital site and possibly a day at a GP surgery in Croydon and required to work at least one late shift from 11:30 to 19:30. Staff also work from home on some days.

Bethlem Royal Hospital is based in a beautiful setting in over 200 acres of green space in the London Borough of Bromley, South East London. The hospital has easy access to nearby main roads and offers free parking. The site is within walking distance from Eden Park and West Wickham overland stations.

Croydon is close to the vibrant high-street that offers fantastic shopping opportunities and a wide range of restaurants. It is within walking distance to East Croydon overland station with quick links to London.

The post-holder will:

• Hold a qualification (Post grad dip/cert) in Low intensity CBT interventions which is a specific qualification for working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner with a minimum of 1 year post qualification experience.
• Support the triage assessment process by offering triage supervision and coordination of the low-intensity team.
• Offer evidence-based practice in guided self-help, cCBT and psycho-educational groups and workshops for people with common mental health disorders.
• Develop, support and train innovative practice to trainee and qualified Step 2 Low Intensity Practitioners.
• Work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and ensuring the delivery of culturally sensitive step 2 treatments.

Essential qualifications include:

• Holds a recognised qualification to work as a psychological wellbeing practitioner (e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions, or Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Care Mental Health).
• Training in Risk Assessment and Management.

Essential experience includes:

• Significant experience of working within an IAPT service.
• Experience of developing and facilitating step 2 workshops/groups.
• Experience demonstrating a range of post-qualifying experiences in offering and delivering the range of evidence-based IAPT low intensity interventions such as computerised CBT, guided self-help and group psychoeducation programmes.
• Experience of working in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
• Experience of offering supervision for triage, qualified or trainee PWPs and/or staff mentoring experience.

Essential skills include:

• Able to develop and maintain good therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Ability to adapt CBT-based self-help protocols taking account of individual client needs (e.g. working cross-culturally).
• Able to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
• Demonstrates ability to meet agreed/specified clinical activity, outcome & service targets.
• Able to work autonomously and to manage conflicting demands between clients, the team, the health care system and broader contexts.

Essential knowledge includes:

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression, and how they may present in Primary Care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of relevant NICE Guidance and the stepped care model.
• Knowledge of working with diversity and of working with black and minority ethnic groups (BME).
• Demonstrates a sound knowledge of IAPT services/outcome measures and understanding of their use for commissioning, clinical and audit purposes.
• Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines and Child Protection legislation.

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.