Band 6 Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Devizes/SalisburyNHS

Job summary

The Wiltshire Talking Therapies service offers support to clients who may be experiencing common mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, stress and low mood, offering evidence based treatments based on the difficulties the patient is experiencing.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Snr PWP). This post is open to qualified and experienced PWPs who have completed low intensity supervision training.

You will work as a key member of the senior PWP team to provide Case Management Supervision, Clinical Skills Supervision and Line Management to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Trainees and Assistants.

We are currently operating a hybrid working arrangement, where you will be based at either Green Lane Hospital, Devizes or Fountain Way Hospital, Salisbury combined with opportunities for remote working from home.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 11th September.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work within the Wiltshire Talking Therapies service to provide high-volume, low-intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to support clients presenting to the service with mild to moderate common mental health problems.

The post holder will provide Case Management Supervision, Clinical Skills Supervision and Line Management to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners under the direction of the Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and Head of Service.

Job description

• To offer assessment and referral advice, informed by knowledge of service provision, the spectrum of mental health needs and presenting risk factors.
• Provide low-intensity interventions e.g. psychoeducational courses/workshops, computerised CBT and one-to-one guided self-help using telephone, video conferencing and face-to-face formats.
• To maintain the relevant Professional Registration required for the post.
• Provide a service that is comprehensive and accessible to a broad range of patients who are experiencing mild to moderate common mental health problems, who are over 16 years of age and registered with a GP Practice/Health Centre in the Wiltshire area.
• To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.
• To support GPs and other Health Care Professionals to make decisions regarding appropriateness of patients for primary care Talking Therapies interventions and in carrying out the mental health aspects of their own roles.
• To make appropriate referrals to other service providers in the statutory and voluntary sectors and redirect patients to others sources of appropriate support within the local community as required.
• To develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particular in relation to mental health issues.
• To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying Low Intensity CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
• To liaise as appropriate with secondary care mental health services and social service departments.
• To conduct risk assessments, prepare risk management plans and initiate appropriate action where indicated.
• To be flexible in terms of clinical hours, enabling at least one clinic to be run outside of normal working hours.
• To participate in the services Duty system offering support and guidance to practitioners, administrators, other professionals and to clients and their families as required.
• To take a lead on the development, planning and promotion of courses/workshops, teaching new and existing staff members in facilitating these courses/workshops as required.
• To take a lead on the computerised CBT offering within the service ensuring patients are being referred to and entering this therapy in a timely manner, supporting and training practitioners in the effective delivery of digitally enabled therapy.
• To take a lead in the recruitment, induction, planning, ongoing supervision and management of Trainee PWPs, supporting trainees as they progress through their training enabling them to gain their qualification, and as they transition into Qualified PWP positions.
• To work proactively with Senior PWP colleagues towards shared objectives, ensuring the constant effective functioning of CBT and group interventions, and the supervision and training of practitioners

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.