Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job Summary

My Name is Louise Barry, I am a Team Manager for the NHS Kirklees Talking Therapies Service, in Huddersfield and Dewsbury. We are a friendly and supportive service, where our staff are valued, supported in their development and contribute to service development.

We are excited to welcome applications for a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to work across Kirklees within the NHS Kirklees Talking Therapies Team.

This is an ideal opportunity for qualified PWPs looking to broaden their experience working in primary care.

We provide NICE compliant psychotherapy incorporating CBT, Counselling and Guided Self Help to clients in primary care across Kirklees. We are an 8-8 service Monday to Friday, and offer sessions either by Microsoft Teams, telephone or face to face.

We hold clinics both in Trust premises and also in primary care settings across the area to ensure that were, as much as possible, nearby for the people that use the service.

We treat clients with common mental health problems such as depression or anxiety and consistently achieve our recovery target of 50%, for us this is important because it means were making a difference to peoples lives.

As a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner your main duties will be to provide assessments and guided self-help treatment sessions to clients with common mental health problems.

As an applicant you must have completed a Talking Therapies approved PWP training course and have experience of working in mental health services. You do not have to be accredited, but we would support you in working towards your accreditation with a regulatory body.

As a service we encourage our PWPs to be involved in projects, service promotion and service development. We offer our assessments and treatment sessions via Face to Face, Telephone, Microsoft Teams, and group work. We work agilely within the service so you will attend clinics in Kirklees, and you would also need to have a confidential and private workspace at home.

We understand that supervision, CPD and training are essential to your work as a PWP. As such we are committed to supporting you to develop your skills and practice by offering supervision and CPD in line with national guidance.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

You are welcome to contact me if you would like to discuss this post Louise Barry, Team Manager, NHS Kirklees Talking Therapies Team on or you can email me:

• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• Assess and support people with a common mental health problem in the self‑management of their recovery.
• Undertake patient‑centred interviews which identify areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s…