Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

As a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, you will work as part of an integrated primary care mental health team within the prison to train in and 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 guidelines.

Typically for a trainee, the role will see you in base 4 days per week and attending University 1 day per week, although this ratio can vary throughout the academic year and dependent on the University attended. 100% Attendance at the university is mandatory and there is a high volume of academic work within the training year. 

General Duties:

• Working in a role which includes university attendance and clinical provision in base.
   
• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary
   
• Assess and support people with mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery.
   
• Undertake person-centred interviews identifying areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
   
• Provide a range of Evidence Based Low Intensity CBT Interventions utilising a self-management model (Guided Self Help) e.g. Psycho-education, Medication Management, Sleep Hygiene, Problem Solving, Cognitive Restructuring, Exposure, Behavioural Activation, Worry Management etc in Groups or 1:1 sessions.
   
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment.
   
• Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
   
• Complete patient reviews in line with agreed protocols
   
• Ensure the accurate entry of clinical data onto agreed systems, maintaining the highest standards of clinical record keeping.
   
• Communicate effectively with patients, stakeholders, colleagues, and relevant professionals, both in verbal and written form.

Essential experience, skills required for this role:

• Be able to work towards, and successfully complete the job specific PWP University Course including all academic components of this.
   
• Be educated to degree or diploma level in a relevant field (e.g. psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy).
   
• Experience of working within mental health.
   
• Able to work effectively with a range of professionals, in a diverse team.
   
• Be solution focused, and work with positivity and professionalism always.
   
• Have high levels of motivation for the role and be passionate about delivering high quality patient care.
   
• Be a confident communicator with excellent verbal and written skills.
   
• Possess working knowledge of standard IT packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, and use of database / information systems.
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and be self-reflective in own personal and professional development.
   
• Able to prioritise workload demands and positively respond to unforeseen challenges.

* A Driving License Is Required For This Role*

**Please note that this post may be closed earlier if capacity has been reached so please apply early to avoid disappointment.**

**The trainee post will be based in HMP Hull however upon qualification the base may either be HMP Millsike, HMP Hull or HMP Humber.**

**Interviews are expected to be at the beginning of July, if successful, the University will also conduct a second interview in August.**

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Don’t meet all requirements?

If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for our position!

Caring for our people.  

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:  

• PULSE: our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards. 
• Wagestream: gives you instant access to up to 50% of your pay. Also provides a library of expert tools, tips and articles plus, helps you start building a rainy-day pot straight from your salary.
• Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments. 
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave. 
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme. 
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way. 
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member. 

Who are we? 

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”  

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact - recruitment@rethink.org