Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practioner

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) to join our growing team here at MyWellbeing IAPT Service.

Successful candidates will begin studying towards the Postgraduate Certificate 'Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners' course at University of Sheffield in October 2023. This course provides the formal training required to qualify as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and is designed to train PWPs to deliver competent assessment and treatment (Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy/Guided Self-Help) at step 2 of the IAPT stepped care model.

Successful candidates will study while working within the MyWellbeing IAPT Service, gaining invaluable clinical experience, whilst working with clients throughout their training year. They will also receive regular supervision in order to develop their clinical skills.

These vacancies are across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.

For successful candidates who are current BDCFT employees, this post will be 12-month secondment, whilst training.

For successful external candidates, this will be a 12-month fixed term contract.

It is a requirement that you pass the 'Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners - Postgraduate Certificate' course to apply for a permanent qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Band 5) position at the end of your 12-month training.

Main duties of the job

Assessments and Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy/Guided Self-Help interventions are a highly valued and fundamental part of what we provide at MyWellbeing IAPT Service. Our PWP's provide evidence-based assessment and treatment for people with anxiety disorders or depression, including face-to-face, remote (video/telephone), group and computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) sessions.

Job Purpose:
  • Develop psychological formulations for individual patients that contribute towards the overall assessment of their care needs.
  • Collaboratively establish individual patient's goals towards recovery.
  • Determine suitability of specific psychological interventions, including group and individual modalities, based on the patient's assessment/formulation.
  • Plan, deliver and review individual and group psychological interventions for specific patients.
  • Undertake the 12month University course on Low Intensity CBT

Closing Date: 9th June 2023

Shortlisting Date: 15th June 2023

Service Interview Dates: 29th & 30th June 2023

University Interview Dates: TBC

Service Course Date: 2nd October 2023

University Course Teaching Start Date: 16th October 2023

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Details

Date posted

26 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-5327206

Job locations

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

BD18 3BP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualfication

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree or evidence of ability to study successfully at level 6 (third year of undergraduate degree)

Desirable

  • Degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

  • 2 years experience of working with mental health service users in a statutory or voluntary capacity or life experience of coping with mental health problems, i.e. active carer role, or have undertaken volunteering etc

Training

Essential

  • Willing and able to undertake all Trust mandatory training requirements.
  • Willingness to complete 1 year LI CBT training
  • Willingness to undergo job development and competency basis training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of issues relating to mental health, mental health problems

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Be able to meet the service needs for mobility across the geographical area covered.
Person Specification

Qualfication

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree or evidence of ability to study successfully at level 6 (third year of undergraduate degree)

Desirable

  • Degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

  • 2 years experience of working with mental health service users in a statutory or voluntary capacity or life experience of coping with mental health problems, i.e. active carer role, or have undertaken volunteering etc

Training

Essential

  • Willing and able to undertake all Trust mandatory training requirements.
  • Willingness to complete 1 year LI CBT training
  • Willingness to undergo job development and competency basis training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of issues relating to mental health, mental health problems

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Be able to meet the service needs for mobility across the geographical area covered.

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

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

BD18 3BP


Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

BD18 3BP


Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Daniel Moran

Daniel.Moran@BDCT.NHS.uk

Details

Date posted

26 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-5327206

Job locations

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

BD18 3BP


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