Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and Trainee Champion

Job description

Job responsibilities

Develop, support, and train NHS Talking Therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and ensure innovative practice.

Provide line management to a small team of clinical staff.

Deliver regular case management and supervision to clinical staff to ensure an efficient and high quality service.

Provide clinical skills supervision to Trainees across the Consortium.

Support with Trainee development through shadowing, role play, and providing recordings of sessions with clients.

Act as Trainee Champion for Trainees across the Consortium, including being a point of contact for Trainees to seek support and raising any issues with the appropriate member of staff.

Ensure all clients are allocated appropriately based on the results of their assessment.

Use Assessment evidence to allocate clients to the most appropriate treatment, therapist, and Provider for them.

Make decisions on the suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referrals protocols. Refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.

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

Undertake person-centred interviews to identify areas where the person wishes to see change and/or see recovery. From this, make an accurate assessment of the risk to self and others.

Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.

Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.

Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Line Manager.

Oversee the wellbeing call service offered by LWC and make wellbeing calls to assess the welfare of clients while they await treatment.

Upload clients to the online Mental Health platform Silver Cloud and ensure clients receive an invitation to receive treatment through the platform.

Carry out Clinical Quality Audits and assist with annual audits of Providers.

Monitor the quality of treatment delivered by LWC central services.

Support with general clinical administration.

Input all necessary information on agreed databases.

Ensure project deliverables are met and monitor the performance of the service.

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating body 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).

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

Provide a range of information and support for evidence based NICE guidelines support in IAPT.

Participate in individual performance reviews and respond to agreed objectives.

Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuing Professional Development and ensure personal development plan is maintained.

Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.

Be aware of, and keep up to date with, advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems.

Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

Undertake training as required by the organisation.

To work within organisations policies and procedures.

Undertake such other duties commensurate with the role.

To understand and work with the ethos, aims and objectives of LWC.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner / graduate mental health worker in a primary care setting.
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring.
• An understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
• Knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems.
• Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation.
• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
• Ability to manage own caseload and time.
• Clear written communicator with the ability to write clear reports and letters to referrers.
• Ability to carry out risk assessments within the scope of practice.
• Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Excellent IT proficiency including full competence using Microsoft Office Suite, e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
• Attention to detail.
• High level of integrity and understanding of confidentiality and always maintains discretion.
• Proactive self-starter with a positive and energetic approach to work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident communicator at all levels
• Effective time management and workload management
• Empathy with the aims and values of the organisation
• Commitment to continuous improvement including own professional development.
• Willingness to be flexible and dynamic as organisation needs change.
• Commitment to principles of Equal Opportunities.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Living Well Consortium

Address

Avoca Court

23 Moseley Road

Birmingham

West Midlands

B12 0HJ

Employer's website

https://livingwellconsortium.com/ (Opens in a new tab)