Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Band 4

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Would you like to learn new skills to support people with their mental health using NICE recommended CBT interventions?

If that sounds like you, an exciting development opportunity has arisen within Let's Talk IAPT Gloucestershire.

We are looking for applicants who are suitably qualified and experienced to join us as a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, who upon successful completing of their course will graduate to a substantive PWP role. You will work in our clinical service, whilst undertaking a taught Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy delivered by Exeter University. You will develop skills and knowledge that enables you to offer evidenced based psychological interventions to people who experience common mental health problems, whilst working in a supportive environment that offers high quality supervision in both individual and group-based settings. Our strong emphasis on workforce wellbeing will mean you are working in a team that seeks to create a collaborative and compassionate culture focused on delivering an efficient and effective service for the people of Gloucestershire.

Main duties of the job

Your main responsibilities will include, attending taught days delivered by Exeter university (this will consist of part remote and part attendance at a venue in Bristol TBC plus office-based working)) and meeting the academic expectations and course requirements stipulated by Exeter University. Delivering low intensity psychological interventions to a caseload of patients encountering common mental health problems, facilitating psychoeducational courses, undertaking initial assessments as well as receiving caseload and clinical skills supervision. You will also work closely with GP's and staff in Primary Care to improve access and develop resources aimed at promoting mental health and emotional wellbeing.

About us

The Gloucestershire Mental Health Intermediate Care Service is a County wide Service that incorporates the IAPT service and the Primary Care mental health nursing team. It is made up of 4 clinical teams situated across Gloucestershire, with a number of satellite bases. We employ over 100 IAPT therapists and are passionate about improving access to psychological therapies. We pride ourselves on our clinical model that focuses on delivering high quality care that consistently exceeds the IAPT recovery standard.

Each IAPT team includes a Clinical lead, Team manager, Psychological Therapists, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, working alongside Primary Care Mental Health nurses. We also train significant numbers of trainee therapists.

Our Service provides evidenced based psychological interventions using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other IAPT approved therapies. We deliver treatment over the telephone, in groups via webinars, face to face, online video and using computerised therapy options as part of a stepped care model.

Date posted

21 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£23,949 to £26,282 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-22-1248

Job locations

Let's Talk Gloucestershire

various sites- Stroud, Gloucester or Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NF


Job description

Job responsibilities

We are offering a webinar on the 1st of December 2022 at 10.30 if you would like to meet some our team and ask questions - if you would like to join this, please email MHICT.South.Therapy.Admin@ghc.nhs.uk to be sent a link.

If successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview W/C 12/12/22 This will be a video-based interview with the Service. Preferred candidates will then be required to attend a further video-based interview with the University of Exeter on either the 5th or 6th January 2023.

You must be in a position to commence the PWP training course in Exeter on the 8th March 2023, once you have completed our recruitment process, including corporate induction.

Please note that this advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, this can sometimes be within days. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are offering a webinar on the 1st of December 2022 at 10.30 if you would like to meet some our team and ask questions - if you would like to join this, please email MHICT.South.Therapy.Admin@ghc.nhs.uk to be sent a link.

If successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview W/C 12/12/22 This will be a video-based interview with the Service. Preferred candidates will then be required to attend a further video-based interview with the University of Exeter on either the 5th or 6th January 2023.

You must be in a position to commence the PWP training course in Exeter on the 8th March 2023, once you have completed our recruitment process, including corporate induction.

Please note that this advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, this can sometimes be within days. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a subject enabling the post holder to demonstrate psychological mindedness e.g. psychology, social sciences or health OR Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level / Regulated Qualifications Framework Level 5

Desirable

  • Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem.

Personal Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including excellent telephone skills.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Full driving licence with use of own transport for business purposes.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a subject enabling the post holder to demonstrate psychological mindedness e.g. psychology, social sciences or health OR Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level / Regulated Qualifications Framework Level 5

Desirable

  • Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem.

Personal Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including excellent telephone skills.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Full driving licence with use of own transport for business purposes.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Let's Talk Gloucestershire

various sites- Stroud, Gloucester or Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NF


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Let's Talk Gloucestershire

various sites- Stroud, Gloucester or Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NF


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Manager

Jennie Christer

jennie.christer@ghc.nhs.uk

01453563054

Date posted

21 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£23,949 to £26,282 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-22-1248

Job locations

Let's Talk Gloucestershire

various sites- Stroud, Gloucester or Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NF


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)