# Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Maternity Cover

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Norwich
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term 12 month Maternity Leave cover due to staff member commencing Maternity Leave August 2026.)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21T09:21:37.499Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychological_Wellbeing_Practitioner/Psychological_Wellbeing_Practitioner-v8152730
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8152730?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior PWPs on a secondment or fixed term contract for 12 months to join our busy and high-volume service in Norfolk and Waveney. This will be a full time contract (37.5 hours) with your contractual base as Holland Court.

You’ll work in a large Senior PWP team supporting PWPs providing a range of NICE-approved psychosocial interventions for people aged 16 and upwards.

You’ll need to be passionate about providing an excellent client experience, committed to high standards of care and making a difference to service users.

This post is an excellent opportunity for an existing Senior PWP or a qualified PWP looking to develop.

The role is demanding and challenging role but well-supported and rewarding.

Regular travel to and around Norfolk is expected.

### Main duties of the job

The role predominantly involves providing regular case management supervision, and the provision of clinical skills training (group) as required, to qualified and trainee PWPs, in order to ensure the quality of the service at Step 2 is maintained, and that our PWPs are enabled to develop their clinical skills. The post holder will assist the leadership team in the development of the Low Intensity part of the service, under the direction of our Lead PWP, whilst helping the service achieve its required key performance indicators. The role will also include holding a small caseload of clients, delivering clinical interventions for up to one day per week.

The post-holder will be able to demonstrate experience of providing high volume, evidence-based practice in guided self-help using telephone and other methods of delivery, as well as an ability to lead others in a challenging environment.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more

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## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from experience
- Experience in supporting service development
- Experience of working within a service which has demanding targets and performance management.
- Experience in the delivery of evidence-based step 2 interventions

**Desirable**

- Experience of leadership
- Experience of managing a team

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- PWP qualification or a relevant degree, eg Psychology with either a Post Graduate Cert/Dip in Mental Health or Equivalent

**Desirable**

- A qualification in provision of supervision
- Accreditation with BABCP

## Documents

- [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863)
- [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028)
- [band 6 senior psychological wellbeing practitioner jd 2024 (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452590)

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