Job summary
TalkPlus is a high achieving Talking Therapies Service for people
in North East Hampshire and Farnham. We offer a core service focused on
evidence-based therapy for anxiety, depression and insomnia. Whilst
collaborating with local partners, we have well-established integrated pathways
for people with LongTerm Physical Health Conditions and sleep difficulties. As
well as offering employment support, our experienced team provide innovative
single session therapy (known as FAST) to people in need of one-off support
such as colleagues working in the NHS and emergency services
Our dedicated Psychological Well-being
Practitioners offer a range of psychological therapies & services to treat
and support people in their recovery. Talkplus is committed to developing staff
to reach their full potential.
We have an exciting opportunity for Trainee
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (Trainee PWP) to join our team.
We respond to all applicants so please expect to
hear back from us week commencing 3rd June 2024 with whether you
have been successful in obtaining an interview.
For successful applications, interviews will be
held on the 19th & 20th June 2024 face to face in our offices in
Farnborough.
If we receive a very high volume of applications,
we may close the advert early.
Main duties of the job
This is a training role within Talkplus (NHS
Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression service). The post-holder will
work within Talkplus providing high volume, low intensity interventions whilst
undertaking a programme of training at Southampton University for this role.
The training post will equip the postholder to provide a range of cognitive
behavioural therapy (CBT) based guided self help interventions to clients with
mild to moderate anxiety and depression. The post-holder will attend all taught
and self-study days required by The University as specified within National Low
Intensity curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week
using their newly developed skills
The post holder will work with people with
different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and
should be committed to equal opportunities.
This is a training role within the NHS Talking
Therapies programme and the trainee will take an active role in the service.
Once qualified (verification agreed) the Trainee
PWP post will be upgraded to a band 5.
About us
TalkPlus is a service provided by North Hampshire Urgent Care.
North Hampshire Urgent Care is a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society, led by a Management Council.
We pride ourselves on being caring, safe and responsive, offering excellent mental health services to our CCG localities; we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide and expect our staff to commit to and demonstrate these values.
The post holder will report to the Lead PWP and Senior PWPs and will work closely with the TalkPlus Team and Primary Care Teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. CLINICAL
- Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
- Assess and support people with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
- Undertakes patient-centred assessments which identify areas where the person wishes to see change and/or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, refers patients where Talkplus is not the most suitable service on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the persons treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
- Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high-volume low-intensity psychological treatments. This will include 1-1 guided self-help via face to face, telephone, video or instant messaging as well as computerised CBT (Silvercloud). To also co-facilitate guided self-help via courses with qualified PWPs (which is held of an evening).
- Adhere to an agreed number of clinical sessions per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
- Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
- Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.
- Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
- To liaise and refer to other mental health agencies as and when required.
- Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process, working alongside employment advisors (Richmond Fellowship) within the service.
- To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
2. TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments.
- Apply learning from the training programme (from university and service training) in clinical practice
- Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
- Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.
- Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice.
- Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competencies and clinical practice.
- To partake in live supervision (shadowing) with qualified practitioners and to reflect on personal as well as others practice to aid development and meet university competencies.
3. PROFESSIONAL
- Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies. Keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
- Adhere to Talkplus Confidentiality policy at all times
- Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
- Participate in individual performance reviews and respond to agreed objectives.
- Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuous Professional Development and maintain up to date knowledge of service developments.
- Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
- To work towards PWP registration; it is a mandatory part of employment for Qualified PWPs to register with either the British Psychological Society (BPS) or the British Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychologists (BABCP) for PWP registration. The cost of this registration is met by the individual staff member and will be required as part of maintaining their contract of employment.
4. GENERAL
- To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
- To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
- All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public.
- All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
- All employees have a responsibility to prevent abuse and neglect and report concerns.
- It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
- This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.
- To work from a Talkplus Premises at least 2 days a week
For further details please see the full job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. CLINICAL
- Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
- Assess and support people with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
- Undertakes patient-centred assessments which identify areas where the person wishes to see change and/or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, refers patients where Talkplus is not the most suitable service on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the persons treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
- Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high-volume low-intensity psychological treatments. This will include 1-1 guided self-help via face to face, telephone, video or instant messaging as well as computerised CBT (Silvercloud). To also co-facilitate guided self-help via courses with qualified PWPs (which is held of an evening).
- Adhere to an agreed number of clinical sessions per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
- Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
- Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.
- Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
- To liaise and refer to other mental health agencies as and when required.
- Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process, working alongside employment advisors (Richmond Fellowship) within the service.
- To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
2. TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments.
- Apply learning from the training programme (from university and service training) in clinical practice
- Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
- Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.
- Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice.
- Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competencies and clinical practice.
- To partake in live supervision (shadowing) with qualified practitioners and to reflect on personal as well as others practice to aid development and meet university competencies.
3. PROFESSIONAL
- Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies. Keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
- Adhere to Talkplus Confidentiality policy at all times
- Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
- Participate in individual performance reviews and respond to agreed objectives.
- Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuous Professional Development and maintain up to date knowledge of service developments.
- Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
- To work towards PWP registration; it is a mandatory part of employment for Qualified PWPs to register with either the British Psychological Society (BPS) or the British Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychologists (BABCP) for PWP registration. The cost of this registration is met by the individual staff member and will be required as part of maintaining their contract of employment.
4. GENERAL
- To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
- To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
- All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public.
- All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
- All employees have a responsibility to prevent abuse and neglect and report concerns.
- It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
- This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.
- To work from a Talkplus Premises at least 2 days a week
For further details please see the full job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK 2.2 Honours degree (post graduate route)
- or
- Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level or the equivalent (undergraduate route)
Desirable
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or a psychological therapy.
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
- Psychology or other health related postgraduate degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting preferably with those with mental health problems for at least 2 years
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates an understanding of the role of the PWP, NHS talking therapies and stepped care model
Desirable
- Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Training and Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to attend a one day per week at training course
- Able to complete academic components of the course
- Able to integrate training into practice
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- The ability to travel to locations throughout the catchment area
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
Desirable
- Fluent in languages other than English
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK 2.2 Honours degree (post graduate route)
- or
- Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level or the equivalent (undergraduate route)
Desirable
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or a psychological therapy.
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
- Psychology or other health related postgraduate degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting preferably with those with mental health problems for at least 2 years
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates an understanding of the role of the PWP, NHS talking therapies and stepped care model
Desirable
- Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Training and Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to attend a one day per week at training course
- Able to complete academic components of the course
- Able to integrate training into practice
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- The ability to travel to locations throughout the catchment area
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
Desirable
- Fluent in languages other than English
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.
