Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

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Job summary

Lancaster and Morecambe Mindsmatter (Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust) has 2 vacancies for full time Band 5 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (permanent post).

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified PWP to join our Mindsmatter IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Michelle Noon, Lancaster and Morecambe Mindsmatter Team Lead on 01524 550552 or Email Elspeth Ward, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Deputy clinical Lead at Elspeth.ward@lscft.nhs.uk, leave your name and number and she will get back to you.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic, hardworking and enthusiastic individual with the appropriate skills and experience, including experience of delivering guided self-help with an IAPT service. This service is provided across a number of primary care and other community venues in the locality.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

28 April 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY224-SJW-A

Job locations

Cameron House

Quarry Road

Lancaster

LA1 4XF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of a recognised qualification for the role e.g. PWP Post Graduate Certificate or Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker,

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context.

Experience

Essential

Experience of psychological work with common mental health problems
Experience of short term time-limited work.
Evidence of regular supervised practice.
Experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of a recognised qualification for the role e.g. PWP Post Graduate Certificate or Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker,

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context.

Experience

Essential

Experience of psychological work with common mental health problems
Experience of short term time-limited work.
Evidence of regular supervised practice.
Experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion.

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cameron House

Quarry Road

Lancaster

LA1 4XF

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cameron House

Quarry Road

Lancaster

LA1 4XF

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)