Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7252801
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bethlem Royal Hospital
- Town
- Beckenham
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inc of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
This is a great opportunity for a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to further develop the low intensity service provision within Croydon Talking Therapies, and to support the senior management team in overseeing the step 2 offer in the service.
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support clinicians in their career aspirations, offering ongoing training and development. 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, including HI CBT. We are looking for a commitment of at least 1 year in this role.
Main duties of the job
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 and experience and skills in this would be very beneficial. It’s an opportunity to further develop your already existing supervisory skills and gain experience in supervising step 2 clinicians.
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 8am to 7:30pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. Please note, SPWP are required to be able to work from the office 2 days per week.
Working for our organisation
You can expect a friendly, creative, welcoming and social team consisting of Step 2 clinicians, High Intensity Therapists and admin staff. We take pride in involving our staff, drawing upon their skills and strengths and have a Staff Health and Wellbeing Champion. We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate team players, committed to working for our Croydon communities, offering patient-centred, responsive and high quality psychological health and wellbeing services.
About the location:
The postholder will be based at our team bases in Central Croydon and at the Bethlem Hospital site and possibly a day at a GP surgery in Croydon and required to work at least one late shift from 11:30 to 19:30. Staff also work from home on some days.
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Bethlem Royal Hospital is based in a beautiful setting in over 200 acres of green space in the London Borough of Bromley, South East London. The hospital has easy access to nearby main roads and have offers free parking. The site is within walking distance from of Eden Park and West Wickham overland stations.
Croydon (Davis House)
Close to the vibrant high-street that offers fantastic shopping opportunities and a wide range of restaurants. It is within walking distance to East Croydon overland station with quick links to London.
Please visit our website for further information on working for Croydon Talking Therapies:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will:
Hold a qualification (Post grad dip/cert) in Low intensity CBT interventions which is a specific qualification for working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner
Support the triage assessment process by offering triage supervision and coordination of the low-intensity team.
Offer evidence-based practice in guided self-help, cCBT and psycho-educational groups and workshops for people with common mental health disorders.
Develop, support and train innovative practice to trainee and qualified Step 2 Low Intensity Practitioners.
In addition, there is a significant clinical supervision component to the post and this is an opportunity for qualified and experienced IAPT psychological well-being practitioners who are enthusiastic and excited by the development of low intensity services to share their interest and passion, and to develop these qualities and skills in others. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and ensuring the delivery of culturally sensitive step 2 treatments.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Holds a recognised qualification to work as a psychological wellbeing practitioner (e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions, or Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Care Mental Health).
- Training in Risk Assessment and Management.
Desirable criteria
- IAPT PWP supervision training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working within an IAPT service
- Experience of developing and facilitating step 2 workshops/groups.
- Experience demonstrating a range of post-qualifying experiences in offering and delivering the range of evidence-based IAPT low intensity interventions such as computerised CBT, guided self-help and group psychoeducation programmes.
- Experience of working in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
- Experience of offering supervision for triage, qualified or trainee PWPs and/or staff mentoring experience.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of dealing with clients whose children are subject to Child Protection legislation
- Experience in delivering case management and/or clinical supervision.
- Experience of working with diverse communities within a multicultural setting.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to develop and maintain good therapeutic relationships with clients.
- Ability to adapt CBT-based self-help protocols taking account of individual client needs (e.g. working crossculturally).
- Able to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- Demonstrates ability to meet agreed/specified clinical activity, outcome & service targets.
- Able to work autonomously and to manage conflicting demands between clients, the team, the health care system and broader contexts.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression, and how they may present in Primary Care.
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of relevant NICE Guidance and the stepped care model.
- Knowledge of working with diversity and of working with black and minority ethnic groups (BME).
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge of IAPT services/outcome measures and understanding of their use for commissioning, clinical and audit purposes.
- Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines and Child Protection legislation.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Evelyn Tong
- Job title
- Acting Senior Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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