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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-PC-20700
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Woodside
Town
Hellingly
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 PA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Senior PWP

NHS AfC: Band 6

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

We are recruiting for qualified Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service who has a desire to make a difference and want to further their knowledge, skill and experience in a supportive and progressive environment. You must be registered with the BABP or BPS.

Health in Mind is an NHS Talking Therapies service providing evidence-based treatments for people with depression and/or a range of anxiety-based difficulties within primary care.  Please see our website for further information on https://www.healthinmind.org.uk/.

We will consider applications from those that wish to work flexibly and are open to discussions around remote and home working. We cover the whole of East Sussex (with the exception of Brighton and Hove) and the successful applicant will be assigned to a more specific geographical locality upon appointment.

 

Main duties of the job

Health in Mind is a large primary care mental health service that serves the people of East Sussex, with the exception of Brighton and Hove. You will be working within a defined geographical area (to be determined upon appointment), delivering telephone or Online video appointments as well as some face to face appointments where needed, although flexibility in appointment types can be discussed at interview. 

 

As a Senior PWP practitioner in Health in Mind you will be supporting the PWP Team Lead with development and implementation of service improvement plans and performance monitoring. You will also be responsible for the clinical supervision and case management of both trainee and qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. You will receive support from our Senior Clinicians and your team lead in the form of case management and clinical supervision

Working for our organisation

The client's experience of our service is very important to us. We work towards supporting clients in their recovery by offering evidence-based therapy with therapists who receive regular and supportive supervision and regular CPD.   We promote service user involvement. Health in Mind has a Service User Steering Group which provides valuable input to our service design and delivery.  We care about our staff. We have a staff-wellbeing-champions team, and are committed to staff engagement. We know that for our clinicians to do a good job they need to feel supported.  There is opportunity for varied and flexible working patterns and home working and working hours can be discussed in the interview. We are keen for our clinicians to grow. We aim to offer staff individual appraisals with the opportunity to become involved in a range of activities, such as group-based interventions, teaching, supervision and service development

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·         To provide case management and clinical supervision to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners

·         To maintain high professional standards and attend clinical and managerial supervision

·         To support the PWP Team Lead in managing the waiting lists and systems for Step 2

assessments and interventions.

·         To ensure accurate maintenance of clinical records and outcome measures on the clinical data

system, and support staff in maintaining accurate records.

·         To ensure patient satisfaction questionnaires and service reviews are completed

  • To support the implementation of step care model of delivery of psychological interventions

to clients within a primary care setting in line with NICE guidelines.

  • To work with the PWP Lead in the ongoing development and support of best practice and

innovation within the Step 2 Team.

  • To provide high volume low intensity short term treatments in accordance with the TTAD model
  • To undertake initial assessments and gather sufficient information to assess risk /complexity of

clients' needs, including drug and alcohol use, current and past medical psychiatric history, and biosocial aspects of the clients situation, making onward referral as necessary..

  • To be responsible for ensuring own and others clinical practice complies with Data Protection /

Confidentiality / Caldicott Principles

  • To manage a balanced workload of individual therapy for clients with the management and
  • leadership roles of this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post Graduate/Graduate Certificate in Psychological Wellbeing Practice (Low intensity)
  • A qualification or substantial experience in Professional Supervision
  • PWP Registration with the BABCP or BPS
Desirable criteria
  • A degree related to Mental Health e.g. Psychology or equivalent training and experience.

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Charmian Shepherd
Job title
Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Amy King-Pryce 

[email protected]

07584395312

Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner  

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