Apprentice Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Description

As an apprentice Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) you will receive training to assess and support people with common mental health problems to manage their recovery.

You will work within NHS Northamptonshire Talking Therapies, which provides evidence-based therapies for people with anxiety and depression.

You will provide treatment for adults from diverse backgrounds and will collaborate with a range of professionals in physical health, mental health, and social care as well as with community organisations.

You will support people with common mental health problems by:

conducting patient interviews

helping identify areas where the person wishes to change how they feel, think, or behave.

carrying out risk assessments

providing phone, online or face-to-face support

liaising with other agencies and signposting patients to useful services, such as housing and employment

You will work with patients on a one-to-one basis or in groups or workshops. You may be based in a GP practice, healthcare centre or community venue such as a library or leisure centre. You may also work from home in some instances.

You will be provided with ongoing supervision to help you engage in self-reflection, seek, and respond to feedback, and develop your professional knowledge and skills.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.