Job summary Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Band 6Full time, permanent roleSenior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within the Coventry Talking Therapies team, managing and coordinating a supportive and cohesive PWP Team.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent role as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner role within Coventry Talking Therapies which is run in partnership with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and Coventry and Warwickshire MIND.Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull NHS Talking Therapies service has a strong focus on client experience and outcome as well as staff wellbeing.
The service benefits from a robust support structure, with various learning and development opportunities including an inhouse CPD programme, whereby full time staff are allocated 5 study days per year to progress their skills and knowledge.This is a hybrid role with a mix of remote working and office based duties.
Main duties of the job For more information on this role please see the attached support information.
This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.This is a full time role and your responsibilities will include spending one day each week at our Telephone and Referral Centre.
This is where all referrals are received and processed and your role will require you to screen some of these referrals for suitability.
You will also be required to assess risks on a regular basis and ensure that a management plan is developed whenever risks are identified.
About us At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Solihull, Warwickshire and beyond.We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it.
We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.These include: generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with usexcellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much moresalary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and morediscounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemeswellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and morestaff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities For more information on this role please see the attached support information.
This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.You will have experience of working with common mental health problems, be able to provide initial assessments of client need including risk assessment and deliver a range of evidence-based, high volume, low-intensity psychological interventions based on a self-management model.
The range of interventions will include both individual and group work and the candidates must be confident and competent in delivering interventions using a variety of communication mediums such as telephone work, e-consultation and face-to-face activities.You must have excellent communication/interpersonal skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a team.Must be willing to travel amongst a variety of venues within the service.
Person Specification QUALIFICATION Essential PWP Qualification KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Essential Good written communication skills Computer Literate EXPERIENCE Essential Significant experience of working with people who have experienced mental health problems OTHER Essential Car owner / driver supervision training Desirable supervisor certificate