Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

The successful candidate will work alongside Team Leads, other Senior PWPs, and within the wider Talking Therapies Liverpool leadership structure to ensure support and guidance is given to the step 2 workforce and the needs of the patients of Talking Therapies Liverpool serves are being met., The post-holder will be expected to: 1.

• Support the Talking Therapies team KPIs with a focus on recovery
• 2. Support the development of the Step 2 provision within a high pressured environment
• 3. Hold a reduced low intensity caseload and deliver evidence based interventions to clients in one-to-one and group settings
• 4. Be familiar with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and be committed to equal opportunities.
• 5. Develop, support and deliver training in innovative practice to Step 2 practitioners, and other workers qualified to act in Low Intensity worker roles
• 6. To develop the service and provide awareness raising with colleagues from external statutory and non-statutory organisations
  - To take a lead role in a key area of Step 2 development across the Talking Therapies Liverpool service which may include work with long term conditions, older adults, or groups/courses
• 7. Support the development of links with Primary Care, Secondary Care, GP's and service users in non-statutory organisations, especially services supporting minority groups
• 8. Provide clinical case management, Clinical skills groups, possible line management for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and trainees.
• 9. To lead on nominated core tasks which could include courses, trainees, recovery, CBT, The post-holder will be expected to: 1. Support the development of the Step 2 provision within a high pressured environment
  2. Hold a reduced low intensity caseload and deliver evidence based interventions to clients in one-to-one and group settings 3. Be familiar with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and be committed to equal opportunities.
  4. Develop, support and deliver training in innovative practice to Step 2 practitioners, and other workers qualified to act in Low Intensity worker role 5. To develop the service and provide awareness raising with colleagues from external statutory and non-statutory organisations 6. To take a lead role in a key area of Step 2 development across the Talking
  7. Therapies Liverpool service which may include work with long term conditions, older adults, or groups/courses
  8. Support the development of links with Primary Care, Secondary Care, GPs and service users in non-statutory organisations, especially services supporting minority groups
  9. Provide clinical case management, possible line management, and occasional clinical supervision to Step 2 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and trainee

Applicants must be suitably qualified and experienced to specifically deliver step 2 / Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner work within an Talking Therapies service, with evidence of having completed an Talking Therapies improved low-intensity CBT course with at least one year post-qualification experience. We are looking to find an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Senior PWP) to join our step 2 leadership team at Talking Therapies Liverpool.

• A degree related to Mental Health e.g. Psychology
• Specific Low Intensity Worker / Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification (e.g., Post Grad Certificate in Primary Care Mental Health Practice or equivalent)
• Registration with either the BABCP or the BPS, Training in a High Intensity Modality
• A qualification or experience in professional supervision, The capacity to adapt core psychological approaches to the primary care culture, incorporating a range of skills to meet a broad spectrum of presenting issues
• Clinical risk assessment
• Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships, Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques
• Able to work through interpreters, Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
• Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualifying experiences (min 1 year) in offering and delivering the range of evidence based IAPT low intensity interventions such as guided self-help and group psycho-education
• Consolidated and…