# Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

**Company**: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Lambeth
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £38488.00 to £46852.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Lambeth Talking Therapies service.

The role requires working in the office 2 days a week. The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking brief telephone triage of referrals into the service, assessing and supporting people with common mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery, and providing a range of information and support for evidence-based low-intensity psychological treatments.

The Trust offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous pay, pensions, and leave, flexible working, career development opportunities, car lease, accommodation, NHS discounts, access to counselling services, wellbeing events, long service awards, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and staff restaurants.

The ideal candidate will have a qualification from an accredited PWP training course, a honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject, experience of working in an IAPT service, and demonstrable evidence of meeting targets for caseload and recovery.

Key responsibilities include:

- Undertaking brief telephone triage of referrals into the service

- Assessing and supporting people with common mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery

- Providing a range of information and support for evidence-based low-intensity psychological treatments

- Adhering to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered and clinical sessions carried out per week

- Preparing and presenting clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors

- Engaging in and responding to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice

- Ensuring the maintenance of standards of practice according to trust guidelines

- Keeping up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems

- Attending clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis

- Participating in individual performance review and responding to agreed objectives

The Trust values diversity and welcomes applications from individuals from a Black, Asian or any other minority backgrounds. Fluency in languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese is desirable.

## Skills

### Required
- low intensity CBT based interventions
- delivering support in a range of modalities
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- ability to communicate effectively in an emotive atmosphere

### Nice to have
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- received training in risk assessments
- Mandarin

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