Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Qualified)NHS

Job summary

Are you a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner looking for your next rewarding opportunity? Were looking for someone passionate and motivated to join our Psychological Wellbeing Service team, based in Warrington, WA2 7JB.

You'll work across the Wigan and Warrington boroughs delivering Step 2 low-intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and as a key member of the team, you will be working closely with our clinical team to maintain our high standard and help us to develop this further.

Salary: Band 5 AFC salary to be discussed

Hours: 35 per week

Main duties of the job

Making Space Talking Therapies provides evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model, for the treatment of people with mild to moderate common mental health problems.

As a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner you will manage your own caseload providing evidence based treatments , this involves using Silvercloud packages and weekly telephone reviews. This role will also involve face to face assessments clinic in the community to ensure access to Talking Therpaies is achieved throughout the Wigan Borough.

We provide a unique offer within GP surgeries and community services and have developed strong working relationships with partners. With this in mind, we would welcome professional and enthusiastic PWPs to apply to the post.

Job description

• Manage an allocated clinical caseload in collaboration with the senior PWP.
• Conduct mental health assessments, psychological assessments and safety (risk) assessments. Formulate and implement safety management plans following Making Space Psychological Wellbeing Services Risk Assessment & Risk Management policies and procedures.
• Deliver a range of evidence based one-to-one interventions, with the knowledge that the service is predominantly commissioned for a higher proportion of cCBT delivery compared to 1:1 GSH sessions. Silvercloud is the current system for cCBT delivery, and you would be offering weekly telephone reviews to support individuals with the programme.
• Share responsibility and accountability for delivering local contractual obligations and targets both clinical and managerial.
• Attend meetings within the community as needed.
• Regularly promote the service to various external agencies, particularly GPs, and establish good working relationships to generate referrals.

About us

At Making Space we are driven by a strong set of values that guide us in our mission to make a positive impact on the lives of the people who draw on our support.

We live and breathe our values; Kind Hearts, Tailor Making, Dreaming Big, Having Courage and Being Ready, every day and are looking for like-minded people to join us in making a meaningful difference in our community. To find out more about our values and the behaviours that underpin them click here.