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Title: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Location: HMP Preston, 2 Ribbleton Ln, Preston PR1 5AB
Salary: £27,055 to £32,934 per annum depending on experience (Agenda for Change Band 5)
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Contract: Permanent
Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for people affected by mental illness. For more than 40 years we have brought people together to support each other. We run services and support groups that change people’s lives, and we challenge attitudes about mental illness
Rethink Mental Illness work alongside Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust to provide an integrated stepped care mental health service across HMP Preston, HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Kirkham.
This role will be based at HMP Preston but some travel to HMP Lancaster and HMP Kirkham will be required to support effective service delivery – travel time and costs will be supported for this.
The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner will work as part of a mental health team within the Prison to provide high volume, low intensity interventions which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions, for clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. This includes providing guided self-help in both 1:1 and group formats, in line with the current Step 2 IAPT guidelines.
As a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, you will:
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners work Monday to Friday during core business hours; however, some flexibility is required depending on service need. All clinical work is carried out face to face within the prison environment.
Please note, the post holder will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, alongside National Prison Security Vetting procedures.
To be considered for the role, you will demonstrate:
What we offer in return:
We reserve the right to close or extend the closing date depending on application numbers. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process. If you have a disability and can demonstrate that closing this post early would impact on your ability to submit an application in time, please contact our Recruitment team on recruitment@rethink.org to request arrangements for an application to be submitted within the original timeframe.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e., a passport/visa). You will also be subject to Home Office Clearance.
We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ ), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this.
Our Charity
Our work to achieve this is guided by seven core values:
What do we value?
Passion
We are passionate about leading the way to a better quality of life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.
Commitment
We work tirelessly to provide support for everyone severely affected by mental illness.
Openness
We are open and transparent in all our work with beneficiaries, supporters, partners and the public to achieve change for people severely affected by mental illness.
Hope
We offer hope of a better quality of life for all those severely affected by mental illness.
Expertise
We constantly use our expertise to provide practical and personal support for people who are severely affected by mental illness.
Understanding
People who are severely affected by mental illness are at the heart of everything we do in our organisation – our membership, our governance and our workforce.
Equity
We believe that in a world where discrimination and disadvantage exist, treating people with equity is critical to ensure justice and fairness for all.
Openness
We are open and transparent in all our work with beneficiaries, supporters, partners and the public to achieve change for people severely affected by mental illness.
What will you receive?
You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development, and a range of e-learning courses. You will also receive:
Employer funded pension
Flexible
working
Life
assurance
Employee Assistance Programme
Eyecare vouchers
up to £55 towards the cost of new glasses or lenses
Training opportunities
e-learning courses & much more
Annual
leave
25 days rising to 30, plus bank holidays
Rethink
day
1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
PULSE
Reward, Benefits and Recognition Platform
Employee Assistance Programme
Rethink day
1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
For the full list, see our website here.
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