Wellbeing Practitioner | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,944 - £34,937 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0RN |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7211706/294-COMM-7211706-JB-A |
Summary
We are looking for a team of Wellbeing Practitioners to play a crucial role in the development and delivery of consistent, high quality group interventions, community outreach and co-production sessions.
Talk Wandsworth provides evidence-based psychological interventions (e.g., CBT, IPT) to people with common mental health problems (i.e., depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders) within a stepped-care model. Managed by the Wellbeing Lead, the Wellbeing Service is a new and innovative step one expansion to the existing IAPT services provided by Talk Wandsworth.
The post holder will support individuals and communities to improve access to psychological therapies through the delivery of psycho-social interventions in community and primary care settings. The role will involve targeted group work, assessments and interventions including signposting and supporting clients to access a range of services provided by Talk Wandsworth and the voluntary and community sectors. You will being using a strength based approach to empower and motivate those who access our services.
Successful applicants will be passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of individuals as well as the wider community. You will be skilled in engaging a variety of stakeholders and be able to positively challenge stigma and discrimination towards mental health in the community. You will have experience working directly with people in a health and social care setting, ideally using evidenced based practices to facilitate sustainable change.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
To develop high standard interventions and group workshop content and
resources in line with client and community need
To facilitate or co-facilitate interventions in a group or individual basis, arranging sessions, collating materials and resources as required
To risk assess and manage group dynamics both on site and in the community
To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients including self-report measures and rating scales
To promote and discuss wellbeing interventions with potential participants, staff and stakeholders to encourage attendance and engagement
Prepare for interventions and sessions including understanding material and appropriate delivery method given range of needs presented by group
participants
Attend post intervention appraisals to review feedback forms and objectives
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and relevant professional codes of practice.
To assist the Wellbeing Lead and others in undertaking data collection, analysis and production of reports and summaries, in relation to primary care mental health services.
To edit, reflect and adapt intervention content in line with co-production
discussions across community groups
To work with community members to develop specific and tailored interventions for explicit groups
To help research and draft marketing material for publication by the team,
supporting other members of the team and working with managers across the service.
To assist in the implementation of service co-production projects as required.
This advert closes on Sunday 25 May 2025