Description
We are seeking a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join our NHS Talking Therapies service in St Albans or Hemel Hempstead. As a PWP, you will work alongside high-intensity therapists to support step 3 groups, promote the service, and deliver group webinars.
The successful candidate will be a qualified PWP, registered with the BABCP/BPS, and have significant experience working with people with mental health difficulties in a healthcare setting. You will be able to work on-site in St Albans or Hemel Hempstead at least two days a week and access other areas of Hertfordshire on occasion.
Our trust values are welcoming, kind, positive, respectful, and professional. We offer a hybrid working pattern, with the expectation of attending the office for a minimum of two days a week. A full internal CPD program is available to all staff throughout the year.
The salary for this permanent, full-time position is £32,073 to £39,043 per annum.
Responsibilities:
- Work alongside high-intensity therapists to support step 3 groups
- Promote the service in various ways when clinical work allows
- Deliver group webinars
- Manage own caseload and time effectively
- Demonstrate high standards of written communication
- Develop good therapeutic relationships with clients, patients, and carers
Requirements:
- Qualified PWP with current PWP accreditation
- Registered with BABCP/BPS (or eligible and willing to apply)
- Significant experience working with people with mental health difficulties in a healthcare setting
- Commitment to inclusive and anti-discriminatory practice
- Ability to work on-site in St Albans or Hemel Hempstead at least two days a week
Person Specification:
- Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) Graduate OR Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions
- PWP registration with BABCP or BPS OR must be eligible and willing to apply
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards of written communication
- 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