Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy
- Grade
- 4
- Contract
- 1 year (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 Hours/Week)
- Job ref
- 338-7244210-25
- Employer
- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS East Riding Talking Therapies
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
4
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) within the NHS East Riding Talking Therapies Service.
You will receive high quality training alongside gaining clinical experience working therapeutically with patients experiencing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. You will receive the training from Sheffield University once a week to gain a Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions which allows you to practice as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
The course allows you to gain vital training enabling you to deliver evidence based treatments and understand the importance of client values, culture, and diversity.
We are an Accredited Service with an excellent reputation and an impressive record of meeting the required Talking Therapy National and Local standards;
- We are a Lead Provider of Talking Therapies services in the East Riding and work closely with our partner providers;
- Join to be part of our highly motivated and skilled team.
The post-holder will attend the University of Sheffield to gain the qualification; this will allow you to conduct assessments and treatment for referrals into the Service
This post is a 2 stage interview process, successful candidates at the 1st interview will require to attend a second interview with Sheffield University. Successful candidates will be required to start the position at the end of September 2025.
Main duties of the job
The trainee PWP will attend university to learn low intensity interventions while managing a caseload of patients presenting with mild to moderate common mental health problems. Sessions are completed via telephone, face to face, online and digital platforms. The post holder will provide psychoeducation, signpost to relevant services in the area and make referrals into specialist mental health teams. You will attend individual, group clinical and caseload management supervision and have regular managerial supervision and will have the opportunity to be link worker for the Service.
The Service supports people aged 16 + in the community providing a range of recovery focused Talking Therapy interventions for people with mild to moderate common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression via telephone, face to face and/or webcam video. The service provides a stepped care treatment approach.
The post holder will:
- Manage a caseload of patients with mild to moderate common mental health problems via, telephone, face to face, video/webcam, groups and online CCBT
- Conduct routine assessments
- Engage in regular clinical, caseload and managerial supervision (individual and group)
- Supported to attend dedicated CPD days
- Attend regular business meetings
- Support a diverse population across the East Riding.
- Candidates will be expected to carry out self-directed study outside of their working hours.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Degree level Qualification
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
Desirable criteria
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Desirable criteria
- Received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice nce) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Training
Essential criteria
- Able to attend university course
- Able to complete academic components of the course
- Able to integrate training into practice
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to be resilient and maintain own wellbeing
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sheryl Horton
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 335451
- Additional information
Gayle Dolan,/Debbie Abukaeiba /Scarlett Baldwin Senior PWP's- [email protected]
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