Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

Job summary

The NHS Talking Therapies Service (as part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust) offer this great opportunity to work as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner covering the West Lancashire team on a permanent basis.

Main duties of the job

You will be supervising a team of dynamic and committed qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) and trainees, as well as providing leadership to those staff in terms of performance and well-being.

You must be a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner who can provide evidence of consolidated post qualification experience working within the PWP role, including PWP registration with BABCP or BPS.

About us

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.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• 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

• Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context
• Understanding of the role of mentoring
• Knowledge of mental health referral pathways and procedures

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification clinical work in a Talking Therapies setting
• Experience of providing clinical supervision
• Experience of mentoring trainees

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written
• Evidence of ability to organise own workload
• Basic keyboard skills

Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• 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

• Knowledge of NHS structures and policy within a primary care context
• Understanding of the role of mentoring
• Knowledge of mental health referral pathways and procedures

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification clinical work in a Talking Therapies setting
• Experience of providing clinical supervision
• Experience of mentoring trainees

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written
• Evidence of ability to organise own workload
• Basic keyboard skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Bickerstaffe House,

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ

United Kingdom

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