Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,000.00 to £26,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25000.00 - £26000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 September 2025 |
| Location: | Stockton-on-tees, TS18 3NA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0163-25-0015 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities To work as a member of the Impact on Teesside Talking Therapies team To create and maintain effective working relationships within the wider Impact team and elsewhere. To offer advice and support to other members of the wider Primary Care Team, including GPs and other Health Professionals, on mental health issues, and in relation to appropriate referral pathways for patients with mental health needs. To liaise effectively with Secondary Care and voluntary sector organisations and services. To attend meetings and provide reports as required. To assist in the development and promotion of the service. To provide a range of low intensity CBT interventions To provide assessment, including risk assessment, of clients referred to Impact on Teesside, involving making decisions around treatment/support pathways, as well as supporting with any signposting and onward referrals where clients may require other services, including statutory and voluntary agencies. To select and deliver a range of low intensity CBT interventions in collaboration with the client via a range of modalities including telephone, face to face and group work. To work within an appropriate time framework. To maintain clients confidentiality within agreed guidelines. To undertake the required training programme To attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post. NB: Satisfactory completion of the training programme is a condition of continued employment. To apply learning from the training programme in practice. To attend university-based supervision in relation to course work to meet the required standards. To work with an appropriate range and number of cases selected with the support of their Clinical Supervisor as suitable for the current stage of clinical skills development. Safeguarding Responsible for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults by always promoting the welfare of service users and operating within local policies and procedures. Taking appropriate safeguarding action to protect children and vulnerable adults at risk of significant harm whilst receiving support and guidance from supervisors/senior members of staff and specialist teams. Signposting and or referring families to Early Help services when required. To share appropriate information with other agencies regarding the service users wellbeing and progress, keeping within the boundaries of Confidentiality and Information sharing protocols. To provide a professional and ethical service To maintain appropriate records including all required assessment and evaluation tools. To undertake relevant Continuing Professional Development activities both as required for the purposes of PWP registration as per professional body guidance and as identified through Impacts Professional Development and Appraisal System. To engage with the required amount of clinical and caseload management supervision from a qualified PWP supervisor within Impacts Supervision Programme and in line with PWP registration requirements. To operate within agreed NHS, Impact and professional guidelines and Codes of Practice. To ensure a safe and secure working environment for self and others and to act as necessary within Health and Safety and other guidelines. To adhere to all Impact Policies, Procedures and Guidelines. To promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people using the Service. Confidentiality In the performance of their duties the post-holder will have access to confidential information relating to clients and their care, staff and others. They will also have access to information relating to Impact as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to clients, carers, staff, other healthcare workers or Impact business may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Impact policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. This job description is designed to identify principal responsibilities only. The post holder is required to be flexible in developing the role in accordance with changes in Impacts organisational objectives and priorities.