Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

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Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Ilford

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

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Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

30.03.2025

Expiry Date:

14.05.2025

Job Description:

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic, highly motivated and fully accredited Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join the management team within the Redbridge Talking Therapies Improving Access to Psychological Service.

The post holder must hold an accredited Post Graduate Certificate, Diploma or accredited Top Up Certificate in Low Intensity CBT based interventions and have minimum 18 months of experience of working as a PWP (post training).

Main duties of the job

Aim of the role:
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work:

• We are kind
• We are respectful
• We work together with our communities

The post holder will achieve this by:
Offering evidence-based practice in facilitated self-help, individually by phone, face-to-face and in groups, and will develop, support and train innovative practice to trainee IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs).
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and may be called upon to work in various community settings.
In addition, there is a clinical supervision component to the post; this offers an opportunity for qualified and experienced IAPT PWPs, low intensity workers or primary care graduate mental health workers 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.

Working for our organisation

COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

• A related undergraduate degree, Psychology
• IAPT Low intensity worker/ psychological well-being practitioner qualification
• IAPT Certificate in PWP Case Management Supervision Skills

Experience

• Experience of and ability to provide mentor/supervisor role
• Ability to demonstrate a range of experiences in offering and delivering the range of IAPT Low intensity interventions
• Experience of working in a Primary Care Mental Health setting
• Experience of dealing with clients whose children are subject to Child Protection legislation

Skills and Knowledge

• Models of assessment, screening, referral, record-keeping and evidence-based brief psychological intervention
• Clinical risk assessment and risk management
• An understanding of the context of IAPT stepped care

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long-term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours or another flexible pattern.