Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday - Friday 8-4
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
- Job ref
- 246-GYW7135294-A
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Norwich HMP Bure HMP Wayland
- Town
- Norfolk Prisons
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Gross Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Qualified)
Band 5
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.
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
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us to work at HMP Prisons as part of the multidisciplinary team that offers Mental Health and Wellbeing Services, to the population of HMP Norwich HMP Bure and HMP Wayland . A very warm welcome awaits you!
If you want a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is definitely the job for you! Prisons are one of the most challenging yet extremely rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work.
We are looking to recruit a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team
Qualified applicants will hold a Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies
You will work as part of a diverse and supportive team of Psychological Therapists, PWPs, nurses, psychologists, and psychiatrists. We are able offer our team members the opportunity to continue to develop their expertise via training and development opportunities in different parts of our service.
PLEASE NOTE :
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR A TRAINEE POSITION
Main duties of the job
What makes us different?
Our service uses an integrated model from arrest to release from prison thus allowing a PWP’s and the wider team to know the full process and journey of the service user. We have found this model really works and makes our working much more collaborative and joined up. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join the team and help us build, shape and grow our service. We want to hear your ideas.
The role will be based across the 3 prisons.
Working for our organisation
Our trust values are Positively, Respectfully and Together and we want someone to join the team who lives and breathes these values.
If you have not worked in this setting, we encourage you to contact us before applying so we can arrange an informal visit and allow you to experience the realities of the role. It’s also a great opportunity to meet our team.
What can we offer?
NSFT Secure Mental Health Services have been consistently rated "Good" by the CQC.
Our secure services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justice services. This is not a standalone role, as part of the wider NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team you will receive excellent clinical supervision alongside professional and governance support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for a qualified or Trainee PWP who has knowledge and experience of working within busy and challenging environments such as community wellbeing services or secure environments and working with people who present with a range of common mental health difficulties, including depression and anxiety.
The successful applicant will work autonomously and provide direct interventions to a defined caseload of service users operating within recognised professional guidelines. Qualified PWP's will usually undertake 5 contacts to provide assessments and interventions a day with residents of the prisons. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of a Psychological Therapist and report directly to the Senior PWP.
This role is based across multiple bases across Norfolk (HMP Norwich, HMP Bure and HMP Wayland) as well as trust sites. You will be required to travel independently to these locations.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Skills in effective risk assessment and risk management
- Experience in the delivery of evidence based step 2 interventions
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of working in the local community
- Experience of delivering training and developing others
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification OR Experienced and Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant experiences and competencies as required
Desirable criteria
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
- A qualification in provision of supervision
Skills
Essential criteria
- Responding flexibly and appropriately to unforeseen circumstances
- Using clinical supervision and opportunities for personal development positively and effectively
- Competent assessments
- Basic IT, including use of email/internet
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Mental health/mental Illness
- Evidence based step-2 interventions
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of serious mental health presentations (psychosis, bi-polar)
- Effects of drug and alcohol use on mental health
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to drive with access to own vehicle to travel independently, and willingness to travel between the 3 prisons and other locations throughout the organisation
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Cushion
- Job title
- Lead Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
[email protected] Senior PWP
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