Job overview
The NHS Talking Therapies Service in South East Hertfordshire is looking to employ a full time Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team in Ware. The role, working closely with the PWPs they supervise, plays a central role in ensuring our service is of the best quality, with the best outcomes for our service users.
Hertfordshire was one of the original 11 Pathfinder sites for the development of Talking Therapies Services, commencing in 2007/8 and has since developed through 1st and 2nd wave expansion sites to provide a well –resourced and innovative Talking Therapies service across the whole of the county. Our Trust has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ status by the Care quality Commission and our Talking Therapies Service is APPS accredited.
Main duties of the job
This is a blended post with a weekly pattern of working two or three days on site, and some home working. A key part of the role will be to provide clinical supervision for PWPs within the service. The Senior PWP will work alongside the Talking Therapies Service Manager, Team Leaders and our other Senior PWPs and Senior Clinicians and will receive their own clinical supervision from the Deputy Clinical Lead within the team. There will be opportunities for ongoing professional development as well as the chance to contribute to further service development. You will be an experienced PWP with post qualification experience and with a recognized IAPT qualification in Step 2 intervention and will be registered or working towards PWP accreditation with the BABCP or BPS. The position provides an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced PWP to lead in the further development of the PWP role as the service grows and ensure our team of PWPs are supported and supervised effectively.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Undertake appropriate clinical supervision on a regular basis in accordancewith the relevant professional guidelines and policies
- Take personal responsibility for achieving agreed clinical activity in accordance with service policies.
- To develop an area of special interest, to the level whereby the post-holdercould become a resource of information for the whole service.
- Adhere to the policies and procedures of Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust.
- Maintain appropriate clinical records in keeping with service operational policy
- Participate in setting and review of objectives for the post on an annual basis
- Participate in activities of ‘continuing professional development’ (CPD) on an annual basis.
- Attend professional meetings as appropriate.
- Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
- Co-ordinate and liaise between different staff groups including Assistantpsychologists, High Intensity Therapists.
- Support the development and delivery of interactive psycho-education within a CBT framework to large groups of Service Users.
Car driver essential as a majority of the posts are community based, the post holder will need a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes – including business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within an IAPT service
- Significant knowledge of IAPT compliant step 2 ways of working
- Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines
- Knowledge of working with diversity
- Evidence-based practice
- Knowledge of assessment procedures, screening, referral, record-keeping and evidence-based brief psychological interventions
- Knowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
- Knowledge of Child Protection legislation
- Knowledge of clinical risk assessment
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- An understanding of the context of IAPT stepped care
- Experience of having worked in a service where agreed waiting time and clinical outcomes targets are in place
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
Desirable
- Experience of partnership working
- Substantial experience of multi-disciplinary teamwork
- Experience of audit and research
- Experience of working in a supervisor role
- Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques
Qualifications
Essential
- IAPT supervision training and experience
- A related undergraduate degree, e.g. Psychology
- Postgraduate Certificate in IAPT step 2 working
- Significant post qualification experience
- Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
- Significant post-qualification experience in offering and delivering the full range of evidence-based IAPT low intensity interventions
Desirable
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Experience of delivering training to a range of professionals
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This advert is for Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Hatfield, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health professionals role. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Aug 2026.
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