Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
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Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner role in the Sheffield Talking Therapies Health and Wellbeing Service.
You will need to demonstrate considerable and relevant experience of working with LTCs/PPS and anxiety and low mood, drawn from previous experience as a Senior PWP. It is essential you hold a Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions; have completed the LTC top up training for LTCs/PPS and have substantial clinical, supervision and leadership experience.
Sheffield Talking Therapies is committed to the continuous professional development and wellbeing of its workforce and offers numerous opportunities for in-house CPD.
Main Duties of the Job
The Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner will:
1. Support staff to deliver Step: 2 Talking Therapies interventions within the Talking Therapies service; to offer evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model for people living with LTCs/PPS and who experience common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety.
2. Ensure that PWPs are able to support allied health care professionals across partnering organisations (e.g. GPs; other members of the Primary Care team; community and hospital-based staff) in the management of patients with common mental health problems.
3. Be responsible for ensuring that high-quality clinical supervision and support is available to low intensity staff within the Talking Therapies service.
4. Offer expert clinical support and guidance to Step: 2 staff seeing difficult patients or managing challenging and complex referrals when appropriate in a way that helps to promote learning and resilience.
5. To be representative of the Step: 2 workforce in Senior Talking Therapies meetings and when representing the service.
6. To have a lead role in the clinical governance for the delivery of Step: 2 interventions in collaboration with other professional leads and the wider Talking Therapies Senior Team as appropriate.
About Us
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy.
Date posted: 06 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 457-25-7021536
Job locations: Argyll House, 9 Williamson Road, Sheffield, S11 9AR
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential:
* Expert knowledge of offering Step: 2 interventions as part of integrated care pathways e.g. Primary Care; other allied health services (community or hospital-based).
* Knowledge of significant developments in the delivery of Step: 2 interventions and how they are implemented within a Talking Therapies service.
* Knowledge of other Talking Therapies services and how they deliver Step: 2 interventions.
* Ability to support the Step: 2 workforce to accurately record relevant information, including note keeping and using electronic patient record systems.
* Ability to develop reports and information relating to the development and delivery of Step: 2 interventions within the Talking Therapies service.
* Ability to manage own time and workload.
* Ability to be an effective member of the Senior Talking Therapies Team; working collaboratively with Senior Talking Therapies Managers; providing information and contributing to the ongoing development of the service.
Desirable:
* Ability to speak a second language commonly used in Sheffield.
* Have a wider understanding of the Trust and other Trust-based mental health services which Talking Therapies may come into contact with.
Training & Qualifications
Essential:
* Qualification in Primary Care mental health work or Low Intensity Psychological Interventions (Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Interventions; or a Graduate Worker Mental Health Worker qualification with additional top up training).
* Completed LTC PWP top-up training
* Completed Talking Therapies PWP Supervisor training
* A further qualification related in the delivery of Step: 2 interventions.
Desirable:
* Other professional, registered or accredited health-related qualification and experience e.g. RMN; RGN; Counselling.
Experience
Essential:
* Expert experience of offering Step: 2 interventions as part of integrated care pathways e.g. Primary Care; other allied health services (community or hospital-based) - to people experiencing Depression and/or Anxiety; with or without a physical health condition.
* Experienced in offering high quality Talking Therapies low intensity supervision for LTC cases.
* Proven abilities offering guidance and leadership to junior staff.
* Experience working with a diverse group of staff to achieve common goals.
* Experience of leading pieces of work; projects; or aspects of service development within a Talking Therapies service.
Desirable:
* Experience of working with diverse communities.
* Experience of project management and a project leadership role.
Other
Essential:
* Committed to offering high quality Step: 2 clinical interventions within a Talking Therapies service.
* Have the ability to work effectively as a member of the Talking Therapies senior Team and its members; promoting and representing the Step: 2 service and working to raise its profile.
* Able to travel to multiple sites.
Employer Details
Employer name: Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Argyll House, 9 Williamson Road, Sheffield, S11 9AR
Employer's website: https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us
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