• Job Description

  Req#: C9350-25-0722?language=en&page=116&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  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 Halton. 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 Wellbeing Practitioner registration, qualified PWPs will need to have registration in place or newly qualified staff to achieve this within 6 months of qualifying.

  Main duties of the job

  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).

  About us

  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.

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  28 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  350-CC7226667

  Job locations

  Talking Therapies Halton

  St Johns Unit, Alforde Street

  Widnes

  WA8 7QA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  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.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  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.

  Person Specification

  Qualification

  Essential

  • 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)

  Desirable

  • Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
  • Health or Social Care related degree

  Experience

  Essential

  • 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

  Desirable

  • 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

  Essential

  • 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

  Desirable

  • Car driver and / or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the MERSEYCARE footprint
  • Fluent in community languages other than English

  Values

  Essential

  • 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

  Person Specification

  Qualification

  Essential

  • 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)

  Desirable

  • Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
  • Health or Social Care related degree

  Experience

  Essential

  • 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

  Desirable

  • 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

  Essential

  • 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

  Desirable

  • Car driver and / or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the MERSEYCARE footprint
  • Fluent in community languages other than English

  Values

  Essential

  • 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

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Talking Therapies Halton

  St Johns Unit, Alforde Street

  Widnes

  WA8 7QA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Talking Therapies Halton

  St Johns Unit, Alforde Street

  Widnes

  WA8 7QA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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