Band 4 Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Wiltshire

The Wiltshire IAPT service offers talking therapies to residents of Wiltshire who may be experiencing common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity for anyone keen to take up a career as a psychological wellbeing practitioner. You will spend the year in our service supporting the clinical team whilst learning and developing and will then be in a strong position to successfully apply for a PWP training post. Our service has training opportunities for PWPs each year. Ideally, you will be educated to degree level with some previous experience working in mental health and have strong IT skills.

You will receive clinical and management supervision and will participate in regular training events to promote your development.

We are currently operating a hybrid working arrangement, where you will be based at either Green Lane Hospital, Devizes or Fountain Way Hospital, Salisbury with opportunities for some remote working from home.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

To plan, organise and teach psycho-educational groups under the supervision of an IAPT qualified practitioner covering a wide range of psychological knowledge and skills which may occasionally be in the evening or on a Saturday.

To deliver teaching and training in collaboration with qualified IAPT practitioners.

To undertake research and development activities under the guidance of a Clinical Psychologist or other suitably qualified IAPT practitioner.

To undertake continuing professional development and personal clinical supervision.

Under direction and guidance of senior staff to develop initiatives around self help and communityengagement, including supporting the role of volunteer or helper.

As an Assistant PWP, you will be managing your own workload alongside our qualified and trainee therapists to support the delivery of groups and workshops as well as getting involved in projects, service promotion and research.

We are a friendly and supportive team with a strong focus on staff wellbeing. We often run fun team activities such as a recent walking challenge and pumpkin carving competition and we are currently engaged in a vegetable growing contest. We also offer the opportunity for staff to get involved in specialist areas of interest as a “champion”. Current topics covered include support for younger people, equality, diversity & inclusion, service user involvement, wellbeing, and several others.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Please refer to the job description for full details.

Clinical:
To support the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, High Intensity Therapists and admin team within the Wiltshire IAPT Service.

To support the Wiltshire IAPT administration team. (support with daily tasks, booking patient appointments, printing letters, when and where needed)

To support Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners with administration tasks linked to the on line and face-to-face delivery of psychological courses to patients.

To work alongside other team members and ensure close liaison and communication within the primary care team.

To maintain clinical records and statistics as appropriate.

To deliver teaching and training in collaboration with qualified IAPT practitioners.

Research and Audit

To assist with the audit and evaluation of the service including focus groups as required in collaboration with qualified clinical staff in the team.

To participate in audit and personal review activity as required.

To compile and return statistics and activity levels as required.

General:
To assist in the production of materials used in courses.

To support the admin team as required.

IT

To help in the collection of data and the production of graphics etc. for publications, reports and presentations as required by the Head of Service.