Job overview

Are you passionate about mental health? Are you highly motivated, adaptable, and enthusiastic person? Like to work within a friendly, dedicated team providing treatment for people experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other common mental health conditions? With continued professional development training available. 

If yes, you may be interested in training to be a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) within an NHS Talking Therapies Service. 

If you feel you meet the following criteria, then we would like to hear from you:

-        You can study to be a PWP with us, at one of two levels: Our Graduate Certificate is relevant for those without an undergraduate degree, who can demonstrate they have the skills to be able to study at level 6, and our Postgraduate Certificate is relevant for those who already have an undergraduate degree. 

-       Experience of working with people with mental health problems in a healthcare or voluntary setting.

-        The ability to complete a one-year academic training course with University of Southampton

Following completion of the training year, you will be required to apply for your PWP accreditation with either, The British Psychological Society (BPS) or The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Interviews will be held mid July 2025.

We are expecting a high volume of applications for this post; so please be aware that we may close this advert earlier than stated if this is the case.

Main duties of the job

Trainee PWPs will be supported to learn and develop their skills around screening patients’ suitability for the service and treating patients using step 2 interventions based on the principles of CBT for mild to moderate depression and anxiety disorders. Intervention will be delivered via a combination of telephone, video, digital, psychoeducational courses and one-to-one in person.

Trainee PWPs will work closely with a Qualified and Senior PWP’s who will offer regular one to one and group supervision and support you to meet the requirements of the programme.

Further training and support are offered by the University of Southampton programme tutors. This will be delivered via a combination of lectures, skills workshops, online and on-campus learning to develop clinical skills and meet requirements for university assignments.

Your focus will be on providing excellent patient care and treatment through Evidence based Low Intensity psychological interventions. The role itself is both demanding and rewarding and we are looking for people with enthusiasm and passion to join our service. Good administrative, time management and communication skills are also essential.

A requirement of our service is a hybrid working approach of face-to-face patient work, base working and home working. We are open evenings and weekends also.

Working for our organisation

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.