Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CEN2403-CC
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Talking Therapies Hyndburn & Rossendale
- Town
- Accrington
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Improving Access to Psychological Therapy provided by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has a vacancy for a Band 6 Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (full time permanent post) in the Pennine area of Lancashire and South Cumbria FT. located in the following team:
• Hyndburn & Rossendale Talking Therapies
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for qualified and experienced PWPs to join our Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service as Senior PWPs. We are looking for a dynamic, hardworking and enthusiastic individuals with the appropriate skills and experience. The role will involve providing clinical supervision and pastoral support to PWPs, and to contribute to the leadership of PWPs within your team.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completion of a suitable accredited course E.g. PG Cert PWP Training or Graduate Mental Health Worker Qualification with certificate of exemption from the NHS England PWP Competency Scheme
- Registered as PWP by BABCP or BPS (completed or pending)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context
- Knowledge of mental health referral pathways and procedures
- Knowledge of psychotropic medication and mental health diagnosis
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post qualification clinical work in a Talking Therapies setting
- “It is recommended that supervisors have a minimum of two years of qualified experience of the interventions they are supervising. No supervisor in NHS Talking Therapies should have less than 12 months of this qualified experience” (NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression: PWP Supervision Guidance and Best Practice March 2025)
- Experience of working with a diverse client group with a wide range of presenting problems and significant levels of distress
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written
- Evidence of ability to organise own workload
- Basic keyboard skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kieran Fleck
- Job title
- PWP Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about the posts please contact Kieran Fleck, PWP Clinical Lead [email protected] or Heather Simpson Team lead [email protected]
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