# Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/1a7a3d86-5809-49d4-a9ca-dfdcfe31598f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/1a7a3d86-5809-49d4-a9ca-dfdcfe31598f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 p.a. inc. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T11:00:46.079Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Psychological_Wellbeing_Practitioner/Senior_Psychological_Wellbeing_Practitioner-v8209226 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8209226?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join the Talk Changes, City & Hackney IAPT service and contribute to the provision of a stepped-care service for psychological problems. Talk Changes is a well established department with a commitment to service innovation as well as the development of applied psychology professions. You will be working alongside four other Senior PWP’s taking a leading role in providing day to day support to a team of 40 trained and Trainee PWP’s. Overall, the service has Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists and PWPs/Psychology Assistants and has with ready access to specialist supervision. We also have good links with regional clinical/counselling psychology training courses and substantial in-service training programmes. Continuing professional development, including service –related research is actively encouraged. The post is based at St Leonard’s Hospital in Hoxton but may involve travel to other community and primary care sites in Hackney. Staff will be expected to work from home for three days per week and work on-site two days per week. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible for: - Operational supervision of the service’s telephone assessment centre - Contributing to the development of treatment resources. - Service audit - Coordinating professional development for the PWP team under direction from the Low Intensity Lead - Delivery of step 2 clinical interventions for people with common mental disorders of all ages. - Supporting the delivery of low-intensity interventions, (e.g. cCBT clinics and psycho-educational group workshops) delivered by PWP’s - Liaise with other relevant services in both the statutory and independent sectors and support arrangements to improve referral pathways - Support PWPs and PWP trainees in operational aspects of their roles - Conducting case management supervision, clinical skills supervision and supporting trainee PWP's with their placements The post-holder will be part of a workforce of PWPs, Psychologists and CBT Therapists. Candidates must have a PG Certificate in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment or equivalent and experience of working as a PWP in a stepped-care psychological therapy service post qualification. ### 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. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the nature of common mental health problems - An understanding of the demographics & environmental features of Hackney or similar areas & their impact on Mental Health - Knowledge of evidencebased treatments for common mental health problems in primary care ### Experience **Essential** - Post qualification experience working as a PWP in an IAPT service **Desirable** - Post qualification experience working with physical health conditions/Long COVID ### Trust Values **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values. ### Skills/ Abilities **Essential** - Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills - Analytical – able to interpret data and synthesise information from different sources - Use of basic counselling skills to engage patients in constructive therapeutic relationships - Skills for delivering protocolbased CBT (or other) shortterm interventions - Ability to work independently in settings away from the team base - Experience of working with adults with common mental health problems ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Undergraduate degree or equivalent - PG Cert in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment or equivalent **Desirable** - A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or arts therapy or within a psychological therapy. ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 448.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10516204) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.