Talking Therapies Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job responsibilities

The Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner will:

Work within the Talking Therapies service to offer high quality evidence-based interventions within the stepped care model for people with common mental health problems such as Anxiety and Depression.

Offer supervision and professional and practical support to PWP colleagues of varying experience (including PWP Trainees) within the Talking Therapies service.

Offer expert support; clinical guidance and leadership as needed to other PWP colleagues requiring support or when dealing with suitability or difficult clinical situations.

General requirements

To meet the National Talking Therapies standards which include an individual minimum 50% recovery rate and to meet 20 clinical contact hours (pro-rata) per week. To ensure productivity expectations are met in line with the National Talking Therapies manual.

To meet patient needs by working across Sheffield according to demand. Working a minimum of 22.5 hours per week and to offer one early appointment and one late appointment per week (outside 9-5pm working hours) and Saturday working on occasion if required

Provide support toGPsand other health care professionalsin managing patients with common mental health problems

Assistpeople accessing the service for help with common mental health problems to identify their problems; assess their needs; prioritise goals and agree with the individual a way forward or action plan.

Assess and identify patients presenting with risk (to self or other people) and be able to carry out an appropriate risk assessment; follow the Talking Therapies risk protocol; and procedures for communicating and acting on risk (including child and adult safeguarding policies); and provide support to PWP colleagues when required to do the same.

Step patients to more appropriate levels of care in Talking Therapies efficiently and appropriately as part of the stepped care model.

Ensure patients have access to all facilities available at their surgery.

Provide evidence-based interventions for patients both in GP clinics; telephone clinics and group-based interventions, such as guided self-help in line with NICE and Talking Therapies service guidance.

Liaise closely with other members of the teams that as a service we work collaboratively with; and other agencies involved with the individual or family. Report toGPs on patients responses to medication.

Collect and organise information in primary care for patients and families which is appropriate to the individuals as well as appropriate for the servicee.g.using materials and information that is recognised and endorsed by the service.

Provide information on and contacts with groups and organisations in ways that are accessible.

Show respect for peoples social and cultural differences andpreferences,working with people from a wide and diverse background. Work with interpreters when necessary.

Record data on the appropriate data base and record systems as required by the Talking Therapies service in a timely manner; setting a standard and example for PWP colleagues to follow.

Attend training as required and negotiated within the PDR process; be involved in the organisation or delivery of training to colleagues; taking a lead on the dissemination of training and learning from CPD events to teams and colleagues.

Identify opportunities to help improve the quality of the Talking Therapies service; taking the responsibility to raise these as appropriate and bring to the attention of senior Talking Therapies colleagues.

To be worked over a minimum of 3 days which is to include Thursday afternoons as this is service wide non-clinical time for you to be able to contribute to profession specific and service wide meetings, forums and masterclasses to support you in your role and CPD.

Principle duties

To complete all mandated session by session outcome measures

Offer clinical case management supervision to other PWPs; and contribute to the IPDR process for these staff.

Work with other primary and mental healthcareworkers to develop group work identify local needs, publicise the groups, take referrals, manage the groups and report on outcomes to referrers.

Promote and contribute to the development of training for the primarycareteams and support the development of their mental health skills generally.

Develop and maintain appropriate supportive links between practices and statutory and non-statutory organisations.

Contribute to the further development of Sheffield Talking Therapies services.

Organise and facilitate group supervision for the PWP workforce.

To ensure record keeping in line with Sheffield IAPT Standard Operating Procedures. This includes contemporaneous notes completed within 24 hours on the agreed patient record system, checking SHSC patient administration system prior to taking on new patients to check any risk or suitability issues and to send a discharge summary to GP practices once completed treatment.

Ensure all mandatory training is up to date in line with service protocol

Service development and leadership

Offer leadership to the PWP workforce and the Talking Therapies workforce in general particularly in relation to step 2 interventions.

Support step 2 staff to improve and develop the service offered to patients.

Be an ambassador for the service generally; and a champion for specific service development projects or work streams; making a significant contribution to the development of the Talking Therapies service

Participate in individual performance reviews and respond to agreed individual objectives aligned with meeting the service objectives of achieving all three National Talking Therapies standards on access, waiting times and recovery rates.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to conduct as well as support colleagues to conduct and carry out appropriate risk assessments to help safeguard people using our service and the wider community.
• Skilled at achieving required standards through delivering agreed job plan in line with 20 clinical hours per week pro rata and ability to meet the minimum required 50% clinical recovery rate for Talking Therapies services
• Ability to use session by session outcome measures to monitor practice
• Ability and knowledge to provide step 2 treatments suitable for those with LTC under the pathways the service is commissioned to work with in line with NICE guidance
• Ability to input data onto databases and Clinical systems such as Insight and GP based systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively using a range of methods - including telephone, e-mail, letter
• Skilled at managing suitability in terms of referrals; managing the 'front door' of Talking Therapies; and applying local service criteria.
• Knowledge and skill of other local mental health services and managing interface issues with these service (while maintaining adherence to the Talking Therapies model)

Desirable

• Ability to speak other languages commonly used in Sheffield; and/or experience of working closely and collaboratively with BAME communities.

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
• Qualifications in Primary Care Mental Health Work or Low Intensity Talking Therapies Psychological Interventions (Post Graduate Certificate)
• Completed the LTC top up training in line with the National Curriculum for PWP's.
• Talking Therapies Supervision Qualification

Desirable

• Further qualification or training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy based interventions, approaches or techniques.
• Leadership training course

Experience

Essential

• Experience offering psychological interventions in primary care particularly CBT based interventions that include working with patients experiencing LTC
• Experience offering case management supervision to both qualified and trainee staff who are working with patients with LTC.
• Experience working in and facilitating stepped care approaches
• Experience of delivering group based Talking Therapies interventions
• Experience of working with people's mental wellbeing alongside physical health conditions.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership appropriate to banding where required.
• Close to two years' experience as a Qualified PWP working in an Talking Therapies service by the start date of the appointment

Desirable

• Experience working with diverse communities
• Delivering group based clinical supervision
• Experience of project or service improvement work
• Experience of developing courses for patients experiencing LTC

Other

Essential

• Ability to work across Sheffield depending on need and able to work a minimum of 22.5 hours in order to meet the demands of the role, maintain CPD and receive support/maintain wellbeing by attending counselling forums, masterclass, team meetings, group supervision and individual supervision
• Ability to be flexible with appointment times to meet patient need (where needed to offer one early appointment and one late appointment per week outside 9-5 working hours and to work Saturdays if required, on occasion)
• Committed to offering high quality clinical interventions within the Talking Therapies service
• Committed to supporting a range of Step 2 interventions including one to one treatments, telephone interventions, group based interventions, cCBT, stress control
• Committed to providing high quality supervision and support to Talking Therapies colleagues within the stepped care model.
• Ability to use computer based technologies to input data and access patient record systems both in Talking Therapies and Primary Care.
• Maybe required to work one evening per week
• Interest in further developing leadership skills.

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

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