Job Description

Are you interested in a career with an established NHS Talking Therapies service based in Gloucestershire, are you dedicated, organised and passionate about mental health?



We are excited to be able to offer an Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner role at our bases throughout our county to support our dedicated therapy teams in providing Low Intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to our public. These roles will be relevant to those who are interested in starting a career as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs). We pride ourselves with our training schemes and the opportunities we provide for job progression within the service and the high standard of therapy we provide to our public.



Please be aware that if we receive a high volume of applications, the vacancy may be closed early.



The successful candidate will assist PWPs in co-facilitating face-to-face and online psycho-educational courses to patients across the county. This involves presenting to groups of up to 35 patients at a time.



Assisting in administrative tasks such as writing referrals, clinical notes and collecting data & feedback from patients.



Developing our service by performing outreach to local teams within the trust, as well as external agencies and stakeholders such as GPs and local community groups.



We offer regular opportunities for Continuing Professional Development as well as reflective practice in clinical supervision and have fully funded access to the Bespoke training service.



Flexible working arrangements within 37.5 hours per week, with core service hours of 8am-8pm.



We currently offer a hybrid working pattern for staff and the candidates will be able to request this on completion of local induction and their line managers discretion.



We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.



Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:



72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.



76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.



81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.



This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.



The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the /Person Specification.



Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.