Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Pennine Care NHS FT

Job summary

NHS Bury Talking Therapies are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed qualified PWP to join their highly successful and motivated team.

The role requires a PgCert/Diploma in Low Intensity Psychological interventions from an accredited PWP training course.

The role requires you to be registered with either the BPS or BABCP.

The successful candidate will join a well-established Talking Therapies team including Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors.

Our PWP’s provide suitability assessments and evidence based Low Intensity CBT interventions for people with common mental health difficulties, such as anxiety and depression. We offer 1:1 interventions face-to-face, via telephone or via video, as well as group workshops and online interventions.

The post holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to recognising and valuing diversity and providing equal opportunities for all.

The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and demonstrate a high standard in verbal and written communication, as well as the ability to work flexibly.

Main duties of the job

Our PWP’s provide suitability assessments and evidence based Low Intensity CBT interventions for people with common mental health difficulties, such as anxiety and depression. We offer 1:1 interventions face-to-face, via telephone or via video, as well as group workshops and online interventions.

PWP’s are required to offer face-to-face treatment sessions and assessments via clinics for a minimum of 1 day per week.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • IAPT approved post graduate PWP qualification or evidence of nearing successful completion of an accredited post graduate PWP training course.
  • Registered with the BPS or BABCP or working towards this

Desirable

  • Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
  • Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
  • BABCP accreditation

Experience

Essential

  • Undergraduate experience
  • Experience of routine outcome monitoring
  • Experience of working in the local community

Desirable

  • Evidence of working in the local community
  • Experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner / graduate mental health worker in a primary care setting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits and employment systems
  • Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation

Desirable

  • Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in verbal and written communication Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

Desirable

  • Ability to provide services in a variety of settings

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

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