Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Community Mental Health
- Gradd
- Band 5
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser
- Rhan-amser
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 350-CC6453638
- Cyflogwr
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- St Helens Talking Therapies
- Tref
- St Helens
- Cyflog
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 04/08/2024 23:59
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 19/08/2024
Teitl cyflogwr
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 5
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Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join our dynamic and innovative service that delivers psychological interventions for people with mild to moderate depression and anxiety related disorders in St Helens. You will be familiar with primary care psychological services, and will deliver low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based treatment.
Important Note: You MUST hold a recognised Post Graduate Certificate / qualification which demonstrates that you are specifically trained to work as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner OR be toward the end of studying for this qualification, and expect to complete this within 3 months. You should only apply if you have undergone / are completing training for a specific PWP role.
Owing to National requirements around Psychological Well Being Practitioner registration, qualified PWPs will need to have registration in place or newly qualified staff to achieve this within 6 months of qualifying.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
You must also be able to demonstrate high levels of written and verbal communication; be computer literate and be able to demonstrate good therapeutic relationships with people.
You will have experience of working in primary care and community settings and be able to work on your own initiative.
You should have a real interest in helping people with anxiety and depression to achieve a level of recovery which will improve their overall wellbeing and day to day life.
Ideally, you will also be experienced in facilitating courses/workshops for patients and/or community members (or have a willingness to get involved in the delivery of groups) and experience of delivering cCBT via SilverCloud (or willingness to learn).
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of an appropriately skilled and qualified person to;
1. Develop skills of collaborative working with service users (and where appropriate their carers) to build an effective partnership of care.
2. To carry a caseload of clients and assist in identifying and effectively managing their emotional distress and disturbance.
3. Utilise a range of guided self-help interventions, in line with NICE guidelines.
4. Utilise a range of core skills in mental health practice in order to contribute to and co-ordinate the care and treatment of clients with mild mental health problems.
5. Implement and support a range of evidence based interventions utilising a self management model of mental health care.
6. Collaborate with service users and other people involved in their care to encourage medication compliance.
7. Help to establish systems in practices for the effective management of mental health needs of individual service users, families and communities.
8. Through supervision, systematically evaluate and record outcomes of mental health interventions, adapting care on the basis of these evaluations.
9. Participate in inter-professional approaches to care that respect and utilise the contributions of the wider health and social care team.
10. Utilise managerial and clinical supervision to ensure that care and treatment are tailored to service users, family and community needs; that learning needs are identified and acted upon to ensure personal development.
11. Practice in a non discriminatory manner, respecting the variety of beliefs and cultural practices of individuals and groups.
12. Assist in the delivery of the Mental Health Promotion Strategy for the Halton Borough at a local level.
13. To record and evaluate `outcome measures` as part of the ongoing therapy process, for a `service user`
14. To assist in the accurate entry of clinical data onto the Trusts agreed systems.
15. To ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entering and recording
For full detail, please see attached Job Description and Person Spec.
Manyleb y person
Qualification
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Having passed an accredited course and being specifically qualified as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner – i.e., PGCert in Primary Care Mental Health Practice / PGCert Low Intensity CBT Practitioner
- Registration with either the BABCP or the BPS (or for newly qualified/appointed staff, to achieve this within 12 months)
Meini prawf dymunol
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
- Health or Social Care related degree
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstratesan understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Proven relevant experience of working with people with common mental health problems.
- Ability to manage own workload and time.
- Ability to demonstrate high standards in written communication.
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills.
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Meini prawf dymunol
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health.
- Knowledge of self-help materials for managing common mental health problems.
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
- Proven relevant experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Proven relevant experience of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
- Proven relevant experience of working in the local community.
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to evaluate and integrate training into practice.
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills.
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to manage own workload and time.
- Ability to demonstrate high standards in written communication.
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Meini prawf dymunol
- Car driver and / or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the MERSEYCARE footprint
- Fluent in community languages other than English
Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
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Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Sehrish Ismail
- Teitl y swydd
- Clinical Team Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01744 415 650
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Please feel free to contact prior to application should you have any queries.
Rhestr swyddi gyda Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd neu bob sector