Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Please note qualification from PWP (IAPT)Training Course is essential to this post.

We welcome applications from trainees who are close to completing their training.

Bury Talking Therapies are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed qualified PWP to join their highly successful and motivated team. For the role, you must have a Diploma/Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological interventions in order to provide high volume, low intensity CBT interventions for people with common mental health problems. Assessments and interventions may be delivered face to face, via the telephone, over a digital platform called Attend Anywhere or in groups. Good written and communication skills need to be of a high standard along with the ability to work flexibly. Our PWPs would be expected to work at least one full day in clinic and the remaining days can be worked from home or the office. We would ask that the successful candidate is able to commit to working one evening per week.

Bury Talking Therapies is part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme and offers assessment and treatment for people referred via their GP or through a self referral pathway, with common mental health problems. The service works with adults aged 16 and above, from various cultural backgrounds.

The service is made up of a multidisciplinary team, including Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Counsellors, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Primary Care Mental Health Nurses, Psychologists and Admin staff

Bury Talking therapies offers quarterly CPD for our PWPs as well as providing weekly case management supervision, fortnightly clinical skills supervision and monthly process supervision. Our PWPs have a mixed caseload of service assessments, treatments, SilverCloud and groups.

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted

Applicants must be registered with BABCP or BPS or working towards