Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)- BRAINTREE

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a qualified PWP looking for a new challenge?

Following several of our PWP's being successful in being selected for High Intensity Training posts, we are looking to recruit QUALIFIED PWP's.

Main duties of the job

Health in Mind Mid Essex are a dynamic and innovative team. We actively encourage people to specialise in projects, alongside their core work. If you are looking for an exciting new job, then we are the people to come to.

At present the Service uses telephone, and video conferencing as well as online methods of communication to support patients to access and engage with treatment.At present staff are working part time remotely as well as in the office. It is essential that you can meet this requirement as we pride ourselves on having a strong, cohesive team, and we would expect the successful postholder to be integrated fully with our other PWP's.

PWP's work alongside High intensity therapists to support Self esteem groups, Health Anxiety groups, and PTSD groups. The PWP's also promote the service with stress workshops, mental health training, and attending conferences and GP days. If successful you will also be working with other professionals to offer a service to people with various long tern conditions.

A full internal CPD programme is on offer to all our staff, which runs throughout the year. See job description and person specification for details.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Date posted

20 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-IAPT-5583-J

Job locations

Tekhnicon House

Tekhnicon House, Braintree

Braintree

CM7 2YN


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised qualification for PWP
  • At least 1 years experience in an IAPT service
  • Experience of working with groups

Desirable

  • Have led or supported an innovative approach

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Worked with people with MH problems
  • Worked in a service with targets for clinical outcomes
  • Understanding of how anxiety and depression presents in primary care
  • Understanding of the importance of evidence based therapies and relevance to this post

Desirable

  • Primary care experience
  • Knowledge of issues surrounding work and its impact on MH
  • Knowledge of medication for anxiety and depression / common mental health problems

Communication Skills

Essential

  • Advanced communication, excellent verbal skills, including phone.
  • Excellent written communication, demonstrates high standards
  • Good team working and fostering relationships

Physical Skills and effort

Essential

  • Car driver (unless disability preventing driving)

Mental

Essential

  • Work under pressure to agreed activity
  • Manage own caseload

Emotional Effort

Essential

  • Develops good therapeutic relationships with clients, carers etc
  • Can regularly deal with distressing or emotionally charged situations
  • High level enthusiasm and motivation
Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised qualification for PWP
  • At least 1 years experience in an IAPT service
  • Experience of working with groups

Desirable

  • Have led or supported an innovative approach

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Worked with people with MH problems
  • Worked in a service with targets for clinical outcomes
  • Understanding of how anxiety and depression presents in primary care
  • Understanding of the importance of evidence based therapies and relevance to this post

Desirable

  • Primary care experience
  • Knowledge of issues surrounding work and its impact on MH
  • Knowledge of medication for anxiety and depression / common mental health problems

Communication Skills

Essential

  • Advanced communication, excellent verbal skills, including phone.
  • Excellent written communication, demonstrates high standards
  • Good team working and fostering relationships

Physical Skills and effort

Essential

  • Car driver (unless disability preventing driving)

Mental

Essential

  • Work under pressure to agreed activity
  • Manage own caseload

Emotional Effort

Essential

  • Develops good therapeutic relationships with clients, carers etc
  • Can regularly deal with distressing or emotionally charged situations
  • High level enthusiasm and motivation

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

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

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tekhnicon House

Tekhnicon House, Braintree

Braintree

CM7 2YN


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tekhnicon House

Tekhnicon House, Braintree

Braintree

CM7 2YN


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Katie Santos

katie.santos@nhs.net

01376308704

Date posted

20 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-IAPT-5583-J

Job locations

Tekhnicon House

Tekhnicon House, Braintree

Braintree

CM7 2YN


Supporting documents

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