Long-Term Conditions Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Greenwich Time To Talk is the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in the borough of Greenwich. We opened in 2009. We deliver a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and counselling, based psychological interventions through a stepped care treatment model to people with common mental health problems such as anxiety or depression.

We are seeking a highly motivated Psychological Well-Being Practitioner to join our valued PWP team and our integrated Long-term Conditions service. The PWP team comprises a PWP team lead, 2 senior PWPs, qualified PWPs, and trainee PWPs. The LTC integrated team consist of a Lead, 1 HI therapist and 3 PWPs. The high profile team currently contributes to improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with mild to moderate mental health problems and also raise awareness of mental health across the borough.

If the successful candidate has not already completed the UCL PWP LTC top up training this will be offered as part of the role.

Main duties of the job

Each Psychological Well-Being Practitioner will have clinical roles and responsibilities including the delivery of short term interventions such as Guided Self-Help, Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Silvercloud), and Psycho-Educational Groups. This role involves working with clients with co-occurring anxiety and/or depression and a long-term health condition/s.

We have a regular programme of training for PWPs, providing teaching and coaching from peers, senior colleagues andexternal trainers.

In return we can offer you the chance to work as part of a dynamic supportive team that works in the community and as part of wider multi professional and multi agency services; develop clinical and teaching skills, participate in clinical supervision and work in diverse settings including primary care teams and voluntary agencies.

This post requires a DBS check. The successful applicant will be required to travel freely around the locality and be open to working flexibly outside the usual 9am-5pm hours at least once a week and other occasional times, as the service operates during the hours of 8am to 8pm. Therefore you will be expected to work at least one evening a week.

Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

We work hard to keep the clinical caseload of our PWPs manageable to allow time for formal and informal learning, supervisions, service development and other CPD activities.

LTC PWPs will offer face to face, telephone, group and online low intensity cognitive and behavioural interventions to clients experiencing depression and or anxiety with co-occurring physical health difficulties.

Maintaining accurate and timely clinical notes.

Attending regular supervisions including weekly case management supervision, fortnight group clinical skills and specialist LTC supervision.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A good first degree (Bachelors) in psychology or other health or social care related subject with significant human psychology/abnormal psychology component.
• Post graduate certificate in IAPT low intensity qualification e.g. Post Graduate Certificate in Psychological Wellbeing Practice (Low intensity)

Experience

• Experience of delivering Step 2 evidence based psychological therapy interventions as described in the NICE model of stepped care for anxiety and depression e.g. guided self help, delivering psycho-educational groups re anxiety/depression/selfesteem/panic/stress/assertiveness and cCBT computer packages.
• Experience of work as psychology assistant or primary care mental health worker or psychological well-being practitioner with people with mental health problems, delivering the above interventions.
• Experience or understanding of mental health and mental distress
• Experience of working in and can demonstrate understanding of primary care health services and mental health work in primary care.
• Experience and training in risk assessment and demonstrable risk management skills
• Experience of managing a caseload and time

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Good computer and IT skills
• Able to write professional letters and reports to GPs and clients.
• Good organisational skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Greenwich Time to Talk, 135 - 143 Eltham High Street

Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Greenwich Time to Talk, 135 - 143 Eltham High Street