Job summary
We are an established and friendly service looking for an enthusiastic PWP seeking variety, new experiences and autonomy.
Clinical caseload for a full time PWP: 10 x assessments (no overbook), 20 x treatments (including GSH and cCBT).
We invest in staff with:
- A Golden Hello!This post attracts an additional 10% bonus, which will be paid into your salary as monthly instalments over two years.
- Relocation allowance - up to a max of £8,000.
- A healthy work-life balance, including a hybrid working week.
- Full or part time (min 3 days per week) opportunities.
- Reflective practice, excellent case management and clinical skills supervision.
- 5 days allocated to CPD with a comprehensive program to choose from.
- The chance to develop clinical and managerial skills (e.g. champion roles, LTC training and supervisor opportunities).
Regular line management and support from our dedicated wellbeing team.
Main duties of the job
- You will support the psychological care of clients accessing the service. Clinical duties include:
-screening referrals -assessing clients to determine their needs and suitability -offering a range of treatment options (e.g. GSH, cCBT, groups)-clinical administration-liaising with healthcare providers to support onward referrals.
- Opportunities to hold a champion and supervisor role (one-year post qualification)
- You will support people from different cultural backgrounds, ages and use interpreters as needed. You will be passionate about providing equal opportunities.
- You will work autonomously, following a plan agreed in line management and in accordance with service policies and procedures.
- We are committed to supporting you with regular CPD, supervision and daily debrief/duty.
- You will be based in The Isleworth Centre (team base) and other sites in the London Borough of Hounslow at least two days per week.
You will work at least one late shift (12- 8pm, Mon- Thurs).
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental and physical health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We arerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Covid-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users and we will therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated during the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
We think Hounslow IAPT is a great place to work. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Step 2 Lead via email: Robyn Wright (robyn.wright2@nhs.net)
For more information about our service and what we offer, please visit our website on https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/our-services/adult/iapt/iapt-hounslow
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
We think Hounslow IAPT is a great place to work. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Step 2 Lead via email: Robyn Wright (robyn.wright2@nhs.net)
For more information about our service and what we offer, please visit our website on https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/our-services/adult/iapt/iapt-hounslow
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- IAPT Low Intensity worker/Psychological wellbeing Practitioner qualification
Desirable
- A second class honours degree or higher in Psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Experience with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
- Experience of paid post graduate work with people with mental health problems with supervision from an applied Psychologist.
- Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualification experiences in offering and delivering the range of evidence based IAPT low Intensity interventions such as CCBT, guided self-help and group psycho-education.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work as Graduate Mental Health worker, with supervision from an applied Psychologist.
- Experience of paid direct care work.
- Experience of working with clients who present with risk to themselves.
- Experience of working with individuals whose children are subject to Child Protection legislation.
- Experience of co-working with staff in other agencies (e.g. health visitors or staff in drug and alcohol services).
- Experience of audit and research.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of different models of mental health/mental illness.
- Knowledge of NHS Policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Knowledge of working sensitively with diversity (including working with black & minority ethnic groups).
- Evidence based practice/clinical governance.
- Models of assessment (including clinical risk assessment) record keeping and evidence based brief psychological intervention.
- Knowledge of outcome measures and their use in clinical and audit purposes.
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows.
- High standard of report writing.
Desirable
- An awareness of severe and enduring mental health presentations (including psychosis, bi-polar).
- Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques.
- Ability to work effectively with interpreters.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to work well within a team and foster good working relationships with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to develop positive therapeutic relationships with people with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with a busy workload agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in context of supervision.
Other
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- IAPT Low Intensity worker/Psychological wellbeing Practitioner qualification
Desirable
- A second class honours degree or higher in Psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Experience with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
- Experience of paid post graduate work with people with mental health problems with supervision from an applied Psychologist.
- Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualification experiences in offering and delivering the range of evidence based IAPT low Intensity interventions such as CCBT, guided self-help and group psycho-education.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work as Graduate Mental Health worker, with supervision from an applied Psychologist.
- Experience of paid direct care work.
- Experience of working with clients who present with risk to themselves.
- Experience of working with individuals whose children are subject to Child Protection legislation.
- Experience of co-working with staff in other agencies (e.g. health visitors or staff in drug and alcohol services).
- Experience of audit and research.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of different models of mental health/mental illness.
- Knowledge of NHS Policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Knowledge of working sensitively with diversity (including working with black & minority ethnic groups).
- Evidence based practice/clinical governance.
- Models of assessment (including clinical risk assessment) record keeping and evidence based brief psychological intervention.
- Knowledge of outcome measures and their use in clinical and audit purposes.
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows.
- High standard of report writing.
Desirable
- An awareness of severe and enduring mental health presentations (including psychosis, bi-polar).
- Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques.
- Ability to work effectively with interpreters.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to work well within a team and foster good working relationships with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to develop positive therapeutic relationships with people with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with a busy workload agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in context of supervision.
Other
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
