Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy talking therapies service as a Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and contribute to the provision of a stepped-care service for psychological problems.
The post is based at St Leonard’s Hospital in Hoxton. Full-time staff are expected to work on-site two days per week and work remotely three days per week.
City and Hackney Talking Therapies is a well-established service with a commitment to quality and service innovation. You will be joining a team of 40 PWP’s, Trainee and Senior PWP’s and 40 High Intensity Therapists with ready access to specialist supervision. We also have good links with regional clinical/counselling psychology training courses and substantial in-service training programmes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for delivery of a range of psychological assessment and low-intensity interventions for our clients living in the Borough's of City & Hackney. These include: one to one protocol based treatments of common mental health problems, guided self-help, online CBT programs and psycho-educational group workshops.
We have a well-established long term conditions team of PWP and HI Therapists with opportunities for further training in this area, and a dedicated frontline staff pathway for frontline staff impacted by the current pandemic. Staff are actively encouraged to engage with outreach work within the community and with service – related research.
The service has a strong focus on staff wellbeing within the context of talking therapies service provision, with opportunities for continued professional development.
Candidates must have (or be working towards) a PG Certificate in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment for adults or equivalent.
Applicants without this qualification will not be shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.