Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Agenda for Change Band 4**

Salary range £25,147 - £27,596 per annum**

Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Fixed Term 12 months/permanent when qualified

** terms may be different subject to the organisation’s service structure

Job locations– various

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) ishostingparts of the centralised recruitment on behalf of all the services listed in the Services Description document.

The post requires you to be able to provide evidence of successful study at level 5 or above. If you do not have the required level 5 qualification have you considered the PWP apprenticeship route? Some of our NHS Talking Therapies services are now offering this route. For more information please emailengland.cm.NHS Talking Therapiesrecruitment@nhs.net

The application form asks for experience of working or volunteering in a health or social care setting. If you proceed with your application on this basis please provide practical examples of how your experience skills relate to the PWP role.

Successful applicants will enrol with the allocated university. There will be some self-directed study outside of the working hours. Successful completion of the training programme will result in a post-graduate certificate (level 7) or a graduate certificate (level 6) PWP NHS Talking Therapies Practitioner and the offer of a permanent PWP position in a Cheshire & Merseyside NHS Talking Therapies service.

Using talking therapies Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) support people with mild to moderate mental health problems such as anxiety and depression and can include people with long term physical health conditions such as diabetes and respiratory problems. This training post will equip you to provide guided low intensity interventions and progress to working with a high degree of autonomy. You will be supported in the completion of both your academic study and clinical delivery by skilled and experienced supervisors.

We are looking for people with a commitment to scientific practice, a willingness to learn new skills and a desire to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a range of common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression

In this training role, you will provide Step 2 Guided Self-Help Low Intensity Interventions whilst undertaking studies at the allocated education provider (please refer to the information in the supporting documents section).

Both trainee and qualified PWPs play a critical role in helping shape the future direction of the NHS Talking Therapies service by delivering high quality evidence-based interventions. The role involves undertaking initial assessments and holding a clinical caseload. You will be supported in the completion of both your academic study and clinical delivery by skilled and experienced supervisors.

Talking Therapies Liverpool, Halton, St Helens, Sefton, Warrington, Wirral, Cheshire West and Central Cheshire are service providers delivering psychological therapies as part of the national NHS Talking Therapies initiative and are working in a collaborative approach to the recruitment of the trainee NHS Talking Therapies workforce across Cheshire & Merseyside. A list of the employing services recruiting for the Sept/Oct 2023 cohort is provided in your application form. Please contact the individual service(s) for more specific information to support you in your application and choice of service. *not all NHS Talking Therapies services are recruiting for the Sept/Oct 2023 training programme.

The completed application form will be shared with the Cheshire & Merseyside recruiting services and the higher education institutions providing the training. In submitting your application, you are agreeing to your information being shared.

You must have experience of working in or volunteering in a health or social care setting and be able to demonstrate that you can meet the academic requirements of this training role. You should have a real interest in helping people with anxiety and depression and demonstrate the ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients to achieve a level of recovery to improve their overall wellbeing and day to day life.

Please take time to read thefull job advert and the job description/person specification. In your application please include how you meet the person specification criteria you will be shortlisted against at the application stage. Within the application form you will be asked for your first and second choice of service. The supporting information includes a description about each NHS Talking Therapies service and their contact details.

Youmustbe available in person for the training course start date and relevant pre-employment checks.

It will be compulsory to register with the British Psychological Society or the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies if you are a qualified PWP providing a service to NHS patients and are working within an appropriate system of care for the role.

https://www.babcp.com/PWP/About-PWP-Registration

https://www.bps.org.uk/wider-psychological-workforce