Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Are you a qualified or soon to be qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner? Then we would like to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in Cheshire West NHS Talking Therapies service, with a well established supportive Step 2 team. We strive to be a committed, high quality clinical team, providing evidence based interventions to the people of Western Cheshire.

We are seeking highly motivated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our valued step 2 team.

Post holders need to be registered with the BABCP or BPS, or working towards registration.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 2nd March and the proposed interview date is 17th March.

Cheshire West NHS Talking Therapies Service has full / part time vacancies for Band 5, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our well established, innovative, and highly successful Primary Care - NHS Talking Therapies Service. We pride ourselves on being a supportive, flexible and welcoming team.

We are looking to recruit Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners who are highly motivated to provide excellent, high quality and time limited low intensity psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to individuals in Western Cheshire.

• Have completed an IAPT postgraduate certificate in low intensity interventions, qualifying them to work as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
• Provide step 2, NICE compliant interventions using digital platforms, remote technology, telephone and face to face, on an individual and group basis.
• Have experience of working in an NHS Talking Therapies and/or Primary Care Mental Health Service.
• Have good knowledge of the NHS Take Therapies targets the team are required to achieve.
• Will be required to work flexibly to cover expanding service hours, as required by the service.

The successful candidate will join our NHS Talking Therapies Team on a permanent basis. The team is currently based in the Psychology Department at Bowmere Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester.

• Registered with the BABCP or BPS, or working towards registration.
• Completed an IAPT postgraduate certificate in low intensity interventions.
• Experience in an NHS Talking Therapies and/or Primary Care Mental Health Service.
• Knowledge of NHS Take Therapies targets.
• Ability to work flexibly across service hours.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award. We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcoming applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training.

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

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If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The Trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

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