Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job overview

Are you a qualified Band 5 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) looking to make a real difference in people’s lives? We are looking for enthusiastic and compassionate PWPs to join our friendly and innovative Talking Therapies service based at Erlegh House, University of Reading.

As a PWP, you will play a key role in improving access to evidence-based interventions for people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and depression. Working within primary care and community settings, you will support service users to build resilience, improve wellbeing, and achieve meaningful recovery.

You will work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and collaborate closely with professionals across health, social care and community services, demonstrating a strong commitment to equality and inclusion. We offer a Monday – Friday working pattern, with hybrid options for a mix of working from home and in the office. There is an expectation to work one late per week 12-8pm (but no lates on Fridays).

If you are passionate about improving mental health outcomes and want to develop your career in a supportive service, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Providing high volume low intensity interventions using cognitive behavioural therapy for mild to moderate anxiety and depression. •    Opportunities to support those with long term health conditions and those with employment issues alongside our fantastic employment support team •    Opportunities to support a diverse population of patients •    Facilitating group sessions •    Yearly training opportunities.  •    Opportunities to support new staff members and provide supervision. Every year we are lucky to be able to offer supervisor training to qualified PWPs alongside Reading University

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The must haves:  •    Post graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments (IAPT pathways) •    Registered with BACP for PWP Accreditation. (Please note this is now a standard requirement of all IAPT services) https://www.babcp.com/PWP/How-to-apply  •    Evidenced experience of supporting Long Term Conditions (LTC) •    Willing to work one 12-8pm shift per week (the rest either 8-4pm or 9-5pm, no late shifts on Fridays).

We also welcome those who can offer therapy in other languages, although not essential for this role.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call Sophie Strange on 0300 365 2000 or email [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.