Job summary
Senior Perinatal Psychological Wellbeing
Practitioner 0.5 WTE, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner 0.5 WTE
As a Senior Perinatal Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner you will be responsible for managing a caseload of clients and providing assessment and low intensity interventions to clients, drawing from CBT theories and techniques. You will work alongside the management team to make sure that key performance indications are being met and will help to support the vision to improve access and treatment outcomes for perinatal clients.
Talking Therapies - The Big Life Group is a user led mental health charity that has developed considerable expertise in the field of primary care mental health.
The charity currently delivers a range of services including self help support groups, cCBT services, counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The charity is funded by various NHS Trusts and works across the North West with the head office based in Hulme, Manchester.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will be subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Main duties of the job
Manage a caseload of clients.
Provide assessment and low intensity interventions to
clients drawing from CBT theories and techniques. This work may be face to
face, telephone, group, or via other media.
Support the vision to improve access and treatment
outcomes for perinatal clients.
Promote Manchester Talking Therapies to perinatal
services.
Work alongside the management team to ensure that key
performance indicators (KPIs) for perinatal clients are met.
Deliver a range of evidence based one-to-one or group
interventions.
Organise and deliver Perinatal wellbeing taster
sessions in the community in partnership with our community engagement team.
Deliver focused perinatal training to the wider staff
team, specifically as part of the induction process for new starters.
Provide case management supervision where necessary,
ensuring staff maintain data outcomes as per service requirement.
Triage referrals into the service, managing risk and
identifying appropriate client care pathway.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will be subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Provide Duty cover to the team, supporting staff with
risk and safeguarding concerns.
Participate in an on-call system and/or duty manager
rota as required.
Identify training/CPD opportunities for step 2 staff.
Deliver and support events within the community; with a
focus on perinatal events
Attend all
relevant training where required and to facilitate the roll-out of this to the
wider team.
About us
Big Life is in the business of changing lives. We fight inequality by working with people and places to create opportunities and inspire change. Whatever service we deliver to help people to change their lives, we do thingsthe Big Life Way.
Big Life strives to be diverse and inclusive- a place where we can all be ourselves. We strongly encourage applicants from all parts of society. You can read on our careers site about the actions we are taking ourselves to fight inequality and inspire change.
We actively value the lived experiences and expertise of our staff, volunteers and the people who use our service and see the extra value that they bring to our organisation.
The Big Life group positively promotes diversity in the workforce.
The Big Life groupis committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.
To use a range of evidence based tools and techniques
for assessments, goals and motivating clients
2.
To manage a varied caseload of clients, including
supporting the IAPT vision for improving access for clients
3.
To work with groups of clients to help them achieve
their goals
4.
To be involved with service development initiatives
5.
To be willing to attend supervision training to provide
caseload management to a number of qualified or trainee PWPs
6.
To collate and analyse performance data as necessary
7.
To work in a place- based way to develop effective
relationships with a range of internal and external services and agencies;
with a particular focus on perinatal services and partnership working.
8.
To promote the service to communities and agencies as
appropriate
9.
To keep accurate and up to date records of clients
records
10. To provide case
management supervision where necessary, ensuring staff maintain data outcomes
as per service requirement.
11. To work alongside
the management team to ensure that key performance indicators (KPIs) for
perinatal clients are met
12. To ensure quality
standards are adhered to and met and that audits are passed
13. To ensure all
statutory responsibilities are followed and reported as required
14.
Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice
according to SHS and any relevant regulation (e.g. BABCP Code of Ethics) and
keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of
health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for
Clinical Excellence).
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.
To use a range of evidence based tools and techniques
for assessments, goals and motivating clients
2.
To manage a varied caseload of clients, including
supporting the IAPT vision for improving access for clients
3.
To work with groups of clients to help them achieve
their goals
4.
To be involved with service development initiatives
5.
To be willing to attend supervision training to provide
caseload management to a number of qualified or trainee PWPs
6.
To collate and analyse performance data as necessary
7.
To work in a place- based way to develop effective
relationships with a range of internal and external services and agencies;
with a particular focus on perinatal services and partnership working.
8.
To promote the service to communities and agencies as
appropriate
9.
To keep accurate and up to date records of clients
records
10. To provide case
management supervision where necessary, ensuring staff maintain data outcomes
as per service requirement.
11. To work alongside
the management team to ensure that key performance indicators (KPIs) for
perinatal clients are met
12. To ensure quality
standards are adhered to and met and that audits are passed
13. To ensure all
statutory responsibilities are followed and reported as required
14.
Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice
according to SHS and any relevant regulation (e.g. BABCP Code of Ethics) and
keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of
health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for
Clinical Excellence).
Person Specification
Personal
Essential
- Positive and outlook and a can do attitude
- Personal resilience and flexible attitude in the face of difficulties
- Commitment to working towards the Big Life groups ethos and values, including having a non-judgemental approach
- Commitment to personal development and willingness to regularly update skills and experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Psychological wellbeing practitioner with professional registration
Desirable
- Qualified PWP supervisor or willingness/capability to gain IAPT supervisor qualification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use a database/ability to learn how to use a database
- Ability to assist clients to help them define and achieve their goals and aspirations
- Ability to manage a varied and complex work load effectively
- Ability to work well across a range of different subject areas such as housing, mental health, education and debt management for example
- Ability to work with staff from a range of agencies and organisations to better integrate services for clients
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients and keeping up to date records using a database
- Experience of working with individuals (1-2-1) and groups of people in different settings to help them achieve their goals
- Experience of working with a range of agencies and organisations to develop effective working relationships
- Experience of providing clinical interventions for common mental health problems
- Experience of working with people facing a range of barriers and social issues
Desirable
- A minimum of 1 year experience working as a qualified PWP
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the barriers and issues facing our client group
Desirable
- Knowledge of the local area your service is based in (community groups, services available as well as local demographics)
- Knowledge of perinatal mental health
Person Specification
Personal
Essential
- Positive and outlook and a can do attitude
- Personal resilience and flexible attitude in the face of difficulties
- Commitment to working towards the Big Life groups ethos and values, including having a non-judgemental approach
- Commitment to personal development and willingness to regularly update skills and experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Psychological wellbeing practitioner with professional registration
Desirable
- Qualified PWP supervisor or willingness/capability to gain IAPT supervisor qualification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use a database/ability to learn how to use a database
- Ability to assist clients to help them define and achieve their goals and aspirations
- Ability to manage a varied and complex work load effectively
- Ability to work well across a range of different subject areas such as housing, mental health, education and debt management for example
- Ability to work with staff from a range of agencies and organisations to better integrate services for clients
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients and keeping up to date records using a database
- Experience of working with individuals (1-2-1) and groups of people in different settings to help them achieve their goals
- Experience of working with a range of agencies and organisations to develop effective working relationships
- Experience of providing clinical interventions for common mental health problems
- Experience of working with people facing a range of barriers and social issues
Desirable
- A minimum of 1 year experience working as a qualified PWP
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the barriers and issues facing our client group
Desirable
- Knowledge of the local area your service is based in (community groups, services available as well as local demographics)
- Knowledge of perinatal mental health
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
