Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job overview

The successful applicant will be proficient in the delivery of telephone triage assessments and CBT-based guided self-help interventions and have experience of working with common mental health problems within primary care. You will also have opportunities to co-run groups and workshops with other PWPs or High-Intensity Therapists; experience and skills in this would be beneficial.

We encourage our PWPs to build their clinical skills and develop areas of expertise, such as working with long term conditions or treating a broader range of disorders including social anxiety and OCD.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Senior PWP roles, as well as HI trainee roles; we find that working in our team is often a springboard for PWPs to develop and excel in their chosen career paths. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development with CPD or internal workshops suitable to S2, for example OCD, health anxiety and social anxiety. All our qualified PWPs have additional responsibilities and interests to keep the role varied and exciting.

Main duties of the job

• Conducting telephone based assessments with clients to determine the nature of their psychological difficulties, determine appropriate step of intervention and assess for/manage risk.
• Delivering brief, evidence based interventions for mild - moderate anxiety disorders and/or depression, to adults (18 yrs +), within a CBT framework.
• Offering groups for people with anxiety or depression
• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions via interpreters.
• Working sensitively with diversity (including working with black & minority ethnic groups).
• Meet agreed/specified service targets.
• High levels of organisational ability and demonstrable skills in record keeping and case management.
• Attend weekly 1-1 case management supervision, 4-6 weekly line management, clinical skills group supervision, monthly service meetings.

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from earliest 8am to latest 7:30pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:  Clinical 1) To provide assessment and high-volume low-intensity interventions primarily for anxiety and/or depression. This may include psycho-educational workshops/groups, bibliotherapy, guided self-help, computerised CBT, providing information about pharmacological treatments. This work may be face to face, via telephone, virtual or in group format. 2) To offer telephone triage assessments. To make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, referring unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referrer as necessary or stepping-up the person’s treatment to high intensity psychological therapy. 3) To make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others, including safeguarding issues. 4) To 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. 5) To assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process. 6) To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary. 7) To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity. 8) To meet service requirements in terms of agreed clinical activity and recovery targets. This includes the overall number of client contacts offered and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient. 9) To prepare for and attend clinical/managerial supervision and clinical skills groups on a regular basis as agreed with Manager. To monitor and review caseload on an on-going basis. 10) To respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice. 11) To engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice.

Professional 1) To complete all requirements relating to data collection and record keeping within the service and the Trust, thoroughly and in a timely fashion. 2) To be aware of and keeping up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems. 3) To liaise with GPs/other practice staff, the wider SLaM organisation, local statutory bodies and 3rd sector organisations. 4) To attend service and Trust meetings and training as required, including mandatory training and statutory training as required by Trust policy. To keep records of any CPD undertaken. 5) To undertake personal development as identified in the personal development plan