# Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

**Company**: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Lambeth
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time, part-time
**Salary**: £38,488 to £46,852 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Lambeth Talking Therapies is a well-established service with over 100 members of staff. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Step 2 team. The role requires working in the office 2 days a week.

The service mission is to work with people to reduce distress and practical problems caused by common mental health problems. We are committed to being an anti-racist service and value diversity.

**Main Duties:**

- Undertake brief telephone triage of referrals into the service

- Assess and support people with common mental health problems in self-management of their recovery

- Make decisions on suitability of new referrals and refer unsuitable clients to relevant services

- Provide information and support for evidence-based low-intensity psychological treatments

- Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to client contacts and clinical sessions

**Training and Supervision:**

- Prepare and present clinical information for patients on caseload to supervisors

- Respond to and implement supervision suggestions

- Engage in personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice

**Professional Responsibilities:**

- Ensure maintenance of standards of practice according to trust guidelines

- Keep up to date with advances in treatment for common mental health problems

- Attend clinical/managerial supervision regularly

- Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives

**Benefits:**

- Generous pay, pensions, and leave

- Flexible working and support for work-life balance

- Career development opportunities

- Car lease and accommodation benefits

- NHS discounts and other perks

**Person Specification:**

- Qualification from an accredited PWP training course

- Honours Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject

- Experience of working in an IAPT service and meeting targets for caseload and recovery

- Skills in providing low-intensity CBT-based interventions and delivering support in various modalities

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to communicate effectively in an emotive atmosphere and work under pressure

## Skills

### Required
- low-intensity CBT-based interventions
- telephone skills
- written communication
- verbal communication
- clinical supervision

### Nice to have
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Mandarin
- Cantonese

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