Band 6 Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Band 6, Birmingham Healthy Minds, South team, Northfield, full time 37.5 hours

Do you want to join a well-established, friendly and supportive Talking Therapies team?

Birmingham Healthy Minds is looking for a flexible, pragmatic, BABCP/BPS registered Senior PWP to enhance our reputable service and be part of a friendly and enthusiastic Senior PWP team.

At Birmingham Healthy Minds you can expect a hybrid way of working which means there will be a mixture of office or community-based working alongside a remote working option.

Location: This post is specifically for our South BHM base in Northfield, it is important as a leader to have a visible presence in the team, therefore the ability to be in base is essential.

What we offer at BHM:

A CPD program provided by BABCP accredited trainers who are expert in their field.Case management supervisionGroup clinical skills supervisionMonthly supervision of supervisionRegular team meetingsFortnightly Senior PWP meetingsOrganising and co-facilitating monthly step 2 meetingsAway DaysLeading in one of our champion roles in LGBTQ, BAME, perinatal, older adults, staff wellbeing and more!

o All the benefits of working in an NHS service, pension scheme, great holiday entitlement, health and wellbeing support, pay progression.

Main duties of the job

The senior PWP role involves supporting both qualified PWP’s and those in their training as apprentice/trainee PWP’s. You will offer both clinical skills and case management supervision to the PWP’s as part of your role, as well as ad hoc support to your step 2 colleagues. You will continue to retain a small caseload of clients in order to keep your PWP’s skills up to date, as well as maintaining your professional registration.

You will work together with the senior PWP’s and management team to create a supportive environment for the step 2 team. You will have knowledge of the service targets and support PWP’s to achieve the targets set, as well as providing knowledge to the wider team about the role of a PWP. You will be supported by your fellow senior PWPs, as well as a Step 2 lead and your team manager.

You will support with the organisation and facilitation of our community events calendar. As well as taking a lead in one of our champion roles, in which you will oversee and manage the projects happening within this area of expertise.

The role requires someone who its reliable, with a flexible approach; working closely with PWP’s who have differing requirements to ensure they continue to offer evidence based low intensity CBT based interventions to the Birmingham population, while keeping in mind the low intensity, high volume nature of the PWP post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mental Health Experience
  • Relevant PWP qualification & evidence of PWP registration

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: 12 October 2026

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