Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Wellbeing service in Hertfordshire is the long established local IAPT provider, within Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. We are a very successful IAPT service, always keeping waiting times low, and achieving consistently high recovery rates .

To do this we work very hard at supporting our staff to give of their best, addressing individual need, professional development needs, providing flexible working arrangements, consistent clinical and managerial supervision and excellent CPD. For this post you need to be BABCP accredited or eligible and willing to gain accreditation.

Main duties of the job

We expect our staff to reward this with professionalism, a conscientious relationship with their work and colleagues, and an evident desire to develop and be the best therapist that they can be.

Feedback from our staff will confirm that we have a great team ethos, and a supportive culture.

If you'd like to join us as a Qualified PWP, please get in touch. We have full time permanent posts in our team of around 30 other PWPs and trainee PWPs across Hertfordshire.

Our step 3 team is around the same size and progression from one to the other is frequently seen where our PWP staff have ambitions to train at step 3. These two staff groups are seamlessly integrated into a single large team. If you are interested in full/ part time hours and flexible working please apply.

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

06 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum pro rata + 5% basic salary depending on base

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-IAPT-6760-C

Job locations

Stevenage; St Albans & Hemel; WGC & Ware; and Watford & Borehamwood; Digital Team.

99 Waverley Road

St Albans/Hemel Hempstead

HP2 5XY


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

Qualifications

Essential

  • IAPT Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services
  • Proven Track record of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication
  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
  • Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems

Desirable

  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • IAPT Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services
  • Proven Track record of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication
  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
  • Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems

Desirable

  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

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

Stevenage; St Albans & Hemel; WGC & Ware; and Watford & Borehamwood; Digital Team.

99 Waverley Road

St Albans/Hemel Hempstead

HP2 5XY


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

Stevenage; St Albans & Hemel; WGC & Ware; and Watford & Borehamwood; Digital Team.

99 Waverley Road

St Albans/Hemel Hempstead

HP2 5XY


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Anna Jones

anna.jones19@nhs.net

Date posted

06 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum pro rata + 5% basic salary depending on base

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-IAPT-6760-C

Job locations

Stevenage; St Albans & Hemel; WGC & Ware; and Watford & Borehamwood; Digital Team.

99 Waverley Road

St Albans/Hemel Hempstead

HP2 5XY


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