Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Suffolk
Town Ipswich
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 03/04/2025 23:59
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
The Wellbeing Service is an IAPT Service, providing primary care assessment, advice and psychological interventions to people in Suffolk aged 16 and above. The service primarily caters for those who would like to access support with mild to moderate mental health difficulties including anxiety and depression.
The service is delivered via a partnership between Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). We deliver a bio-psycho-social model which includes psychological, employment and social interventions across the county. Our treatments are delivered primarily by telephone, online via webinars, and face to face.
We require excellent communicators and self-motivated individuals who are committed to delivering a high standard of care. 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 continually develop their clinical skills.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity for Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with at least 2 years post qualification experience, who is passionate about the Step 2 model, to develop their career within the service.
Our busy and high-volume service continues to expand, as we plan to work more with clients that have long term physical health conditions (LTCs) alongside common mental health problems. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team in Ipswich.
You will assist the leadership team in the development of the Low Intensity part of the service, 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.
You 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.
‘Working From Home’ is available as part of our current hybrid working model, however your base will be in Bury St Edmunds/Ipswich and you will need to attend the office 2 days a week minimum in order to fulfil your role.
Working for our organisation
Benefits included with this role are:
* 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)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Have a look at our Trust website and our service website to find out more about our service, and about living and working in Suffolk.
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!
Interviews date to be confirmed and will be held at either Bury St Edmunds or Mariner House Ipswich. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
* A relevant degree, eg. Psychology with either a Post Graduate Cert/Dip in Mental Health or Equivalent
* Accreditation with BABCP
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Experience of screening, assessing and treatment prescribing
* Experience of working within a service which has demanding targets and performance management
* Experience of delivering training and developing others
* Experience of managing a team
Knowledge
* Knowledge of mental health/mental illness
* An awareness of serious mental health presentations (psychosis, bi-polar)
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
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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.
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