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Job summary

Main area
Low Intensity CBT
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 late shift (12pm – 8pm) per week)
Job ref
301-IT-24-6282875
Employer
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
Inclusion Thurrock
Town
Thurrock
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 Per annum (plus 5% fringe high cost area supplement)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

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Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Band 6

Job overview

This role is based in the Inclusion Thurrock Talking Therapies Service and aims to develop the Low Intensity service provision within Talking Therapies and represents an opportunity for experienced Low Intensity workers who are committed to this model to move to develop their careers within a Talking Therapies service. 

The post-holder will:
•    Hold a qualification (postgraduate diploma/certificate) in low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LiCBT) and be registered with British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or British Psychological Society (BPS). 
•    Offer evidence-based practice in guided self-help, computerised CBT and group interventions.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to have a small caseload to meet the minimum requirements for professional registration and to be working with staff, Service Users and Carers from different cultural backgrounds, ages, difference and diversity. You should be committed to culturally sensitive practice and offering equal opportunities. 

 You may be called upon to work in various community settings (including GP surgeries and other 3rd sector settings) and psychological treatment centres.

You will undertake appropriate clinical supervision on a regular basis in accordance with the relevant professional guidelines and policies, as well as provide clinical supervision to Assistant PWPs and Trainee PWPs in the Talking Therapies team.

You will liaise regularly and work together with GPs, other NHS professionals, and colleagues in Psychological Therapies to deliver the local service and work together with colleagues and other NHS professionals in the management of patient risk and safety.

Working for our organisation

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.
 
We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.
 
Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.  A summary is below:

  • To offer rapid screening and assessment, informed by knowledge of the spectrum of mental health needs and risk factors.
  • Provide patients registered with GP practices/health centres and or who reside in Thurrock assessment and low intensity intervention, drawing from CBT theories and techniques.
  • To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.
  • Make appropriate referrals to other service providers in the statutory and voluntary sectors and redirect patients to other sources of appropriate support within the local community as required.
  • Develop a ‘local knowledge’ of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues.
  • Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying LiCBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
  • Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies e.g. BABCP, BACP, UKCP, and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the governing bodies e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).
  • To develop and maintain close professional therapeutic relationships with Service Users while using LiCBT skills to bring about psychological change.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Low intensity worker/psychological well-being practitioner qualification
  • Registration as a wellbeing practitioner with the BABCP or BPS

Experience

Essential criteria
  • A minimum of one year’s experience working in a primary mental health service offering and delivering the range of evidence-based low intensity interventions such as computerised CBT, guided self help and group psycho-education
  • Experience of assessing clients with a wide range of mild and moderate mental health conditions
  • Experience in a service with agreed clinical outcome targets in place

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of different models of mental health/mental illness
  • Able to identify training needs and opportunities to enable supervisees to maintain professional accreditation and enhance clinical skills.
  • Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • To be able to provide evidence-based interventions in keeping with NICE guidelines as per the Talking Therapies manual

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • A passion for early intervention and prevention of common mental health conditions.
  • A commitment to professional development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chloe Anderson
Job title
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01375898680
Additional information
If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Chloe as we would love to hear from you.
 
**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.****
 
****This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****

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