Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 7
Main area: Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Grade Band 7 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref: 373-SMH2257 Site: Vale House Resource Centre Town: Winsford Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 31/01/2025 23:59 Job overview
We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000. The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply. We are offering a new opportunity to join the Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Talking Therapies Workforce Development Hub team. We are a high-quality service providing clinical supervision, a centralised recruitment offer, CPD, and staff wellbeing support. It is an exciting time to join our service as the Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP). The role would ideally suit an experienced senior PWP looking to develop in their career. The post holder can expect a high level of support from the Senior Management team and opportunities for continuing professional development. The Lead PWP will play a key role in providing leadership and guidance to our Step 2 team, overseeing the trainee PWP collaboration process. The Lead PWP will maintain stakeholder relationships and advocate for best practices and wellbeing pertaining to the wider Step 2 workforce in Cheshire and Merseyside. The Workforce Development Hub is a remote-based service; however, the successful candidate will be expected to attend in-person meetings on occasion. Main duties of the job
Ensure effective delivery of the Step 2 provision within the Workforce Development Hub and provide compassionate leadership to the Senior PWP team. Support Senior PWP development within the service, including coordinating training and clinical supervision, appraisals, and continuous professional development (CPD). Oversee the clinical supervision delivery to both trainee and qualified PWPs, serving as the main point of contact with external services and universities. Encourage best practices and support the development of projects that enhance the competency of the Step 2 workforce. Work flexibly across multiple trusts and providers, adhering to a range of policies and procedures in line with the Talking Therapies Manual. Working for our organisation
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care. Our aim is to help people be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, promoting equality and diversity, and developing a culture that values differences. To support this, we offer up to three weeks of induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. If invited to interview, you will be undertaking a
Values Based Interview/Assessment
. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’: Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion, and Commitment. Person specification
Qualifications
Talking Therapies Post Graduate Certificate in evidence-based psychological interventions OR Post graduate certificate involving mental health in primary care. Evidence of regular CPD. BPS/BABCP registration. Knowledge and Expertise
Knowledge of different models for understanding anxiety and depression in primary care. Understanding of models of Biopsychosocial assessment, referral management, record-keeping, and evidence-based brief psychological interventions. Experience of working with clients in a primary care setting. Good understanding of the Talking Therapies model, supervision, and service delivery. Experience working as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in a Talking Therapies service. Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques. Ability to work through interpreters. Ability to demonstrate leadership skills and delegate appropriately. Experience
Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems as a PWP. Able to manage own caseload efficiently and achieve agreed activity targets. Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualifying experiences in delivering evidence-based Talking Therapies low-intensity interventions. Experience of providing mentorship, training, Clinical Skills, and Clinical Case Management supervision to qualified and trainee PWPs. Consolidated and reflective supervised post-qualifying experience in a community setting. Experience of assessing and working with a wide spectrum of mental health issues. Experience of working within the Talking Therapies culture. Experience of line management and leadership or commitment to undertake Trust training programme. Experience of dealing with issues relating to Child Protection/vulnerable adult legislation. Substantial experience of multi-disciplinary teamwork. Experience of ‘partnership working’. Evidence of working within a service development role. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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. Name: Rachel Blair Job title: Workforce Development Hub Manager Email address: rachel.blair7@nhs.net Telephone number: 07585995990 Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow
We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care. We have services across Wirral and Cheshire and provide specialist services for the North West as a whole. Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers, and families. With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?
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Band 7
Main area: Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Grade Band 7 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref: 373-SMH2257 Site: Vale House Resource Centre Town: Winsford Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 31/01/2025 23:59 Job overview
We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000. The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply. We are offering a new opportunity to join the Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Talking Therapies Workforce Development Hub team. We are a high-quality service providing clinical supervision, a centralised recruitment offer, CPD, and staff wellbeing support. It is an exciting time to join our service as the Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP). The role would ideally suit an experienced senior PWP looking to develop in their career. The post holder can expect a high level of support from the Senior Management team and opportunities for continuing professional development. The Lead PWP will play a key role in providing leadership and guidance to our Step 2 team, overseeing the trainee PWP collaboration process. The Lead PWP will maintain stakeholder relationships and advocate for best practices and wellbeing pertaining to the wider Step 2 workforce in Cheshire and Merseyside. The Workforce Development Hub is a remote-based service; however, the successful candidate will be expected to attend in-person meetings on occasion. Main duties of the job
Ensure effective delivery of the Step 2 provision within the Workforce Development Hub and provide compassionate leadership to the Senior PWP team. Support Senior PWP development within the service, including coordinating training and clinical supervision, appraisals, and continuous professional development (CPD). Oversee the clinical supervision delivery to both trainee and qualified PWPs, serving as the main point of contact with external services and universities. Encourage best practices and support the development of projects that enhance the competency of the Step 2 workforce. Work flexibly across multiple trusts and providers, adhering to a range of policies and procedures in line with the Talking Therapies Manual. Working for our organisation
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care. Our aim is to help people be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, promoting equality and diversity, and developing a culture that values differences. To support this, we offer up to three weeks of induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. If invited to interview, you will be undertaking a
Values Based Interview/Assessment
. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’: Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion, and Commitment. Person specification
Qualifications
Talking Therapies Post Graduate Certificate in evidence-based psychological interventions OR Post graduate certificate involving mental health in primary care. Evidence of regular CPD. BPS/BABCP registration. Knowledge and Expertise
Knowledge of different models for understanding anxiety and depression in primary care. Understanding of models of Biopsychosocial assessment, referral management, record-keeping, and evidence-based brief psychological interventions. Experience of working with clients in a primary care setting. Good understanding of the Talking Therapies model, supervision, and service delivery. Experience working as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in a Talking Therapies service. Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques. Ability to work through interpreters. Ability to demonstrate leadership skills and delegate appropriately. Experience
Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems as a PWP. Able to manage own caseload efficiently and achieve agreed activity targets. Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualifying experiences in delivering evidence-based Talking Therapies low-intensity interventions. Experience of providing mentorship, training, Clinical Skills, and Clinical Case Management supervision to qualified and trainee PWPs. Consolidated and reflective supervised post-qualifying experience in a community setting. Experience of assessing and working with a wide spectrum of mental health issues. Experience of working within the Talking Therapies culture. Experience of line management and leadership or commitment to undertake Trust training programme. Experience of dealing with issues relating to Child Protection/vulnerable adult legislation. Substantial experience of multi-disciplinary teamwork. Experience of ‘partnership working’. Evidence of working within a service development role. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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. Name: Rachel Blair Job title: Workforce Development Hub Manager Email address: rachel.blair7@nhs.net Telephone number: 07585995990 Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow
We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care. We have services across Wirral and Cheshire and provide specialist services for the North West as a whole. Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers, and families. With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?
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