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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note a full and thorough description of the job description is within the Job Description and Specification.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
* Have completed a British Psychological Society accredited IAPT/Psychological Wellbeing Training (PWP)
* Have completed supervision training on an IAPT Accredited PWP Supervision course.
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of continuous practice development related to delivering psychosocial interventions to both individuals and groups.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working in statutory and / or non-statutory Mental Health
Desirable criteria
* Experience of providing CPD training to other professionals within multi-disciplinary teams around the PWP role or low intensity CBT Skills.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Extensive knowledge of Mental Health and Social Care.
* Be able to provide effective liaison with colleagues in the wider system, as well as other statutory / non statutory services relevant to the client and their ongoing needs. Contribute when required, to team research and development activities.
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of specialist needs of service users within the prison environment and criminal justice systems.
* Knowledge of policy and legislation in relation to service specialism and of relevant mental health legislation.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of Common Mental Health problems and medication used in relation to these
* Knowledge of the National Service Framework for Mental Health
Desirable criteria
* Ability to deliver training packages/programmes.
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
* Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 344.4KB)
* Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)
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