NHS Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

This is a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner post in the NHS Talking Therapies service at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, on bank or contracted hours of 22.5 to 37.5 a week. The work centres on assessing people with common mental health problems and supporting their recovery, mainly by phone and in groups. Hybrid working follows an office-based probation, with supervision and CPD included. Applicants need a PWP certificate and BABCP or BPS registration.

What the job involves

• Accept referrals through agreed service protocols
• Assess people with common mental health problems and support self-management of recovery
• Deliver low-intensity treatments, mainly by telephone and in groups, with some face-to-face work
• Carry out patient-centred interviews to identify goals and assess risk to self and others
• Decide suitability of new referrals, referring on, back to the referrer, or stepping up to high-intensity treatment
• Provide information and support for evidence-based low-intensity treatments, including guided self-help, computerised CBT and information on medication
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment
• Meet an agreed activity contract for client contacts and clinical sessions each week
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings on referrals or clients in treatment where appropriate
• Complete all service data collection requirements

Qualifications

• Degree in a subject such as psychology, social sciences or health, or equivalent through relevant experience and accredited courses
• PWP Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions

Registration & licences

• Registered as a PWP with the BABCP or BPS

Experience

• Working therapeutically with people who have experienced mental health problems
• Understanding of anxiety and depression and how they present in primary care
• Experience of facilitating psycho-educational groups

Skills & knowledge

• High standards of written communication
• Computer literacy

Nice to have

• LTC IAPT top-up training
• IAPT supervisor training
• Understanding of the need for evidence-based psychological therapies and how they relate to the post

What’s offered

• Bespoke CPD training
• Regular supervision
• Flexible working
• Blend of home and base working
• Trust bank or contracted hours from 22.5 to 37.5 a week

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