Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Are you a Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner looking to join a values-driven, forward-thinking charity that values the PWP wellbeing, and believes in clinical excellence at step 2?

With You is a leading national charity providing evidence based support for mental health, substance use, and family services across the UK. We are passionate about truly making a difference to people’s lives and providing free therapy for those that need it. This role is for a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Kent Talking Therapies service. 

You will provide high volume low intensity interventions based on self management interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression, while maintaining confidentiality at all times. The postholder will be undertaking a variety of duties and responsibilities, from carrying out patient - centred interviews to keeping up to date on new recommendations/guidelines to recruitment and induction of new PWPs. A key part of this role is to provide case management for qualified and trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and working closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach. You will also be required to make decisions on suitability of service for new referrals, while adhering to referral protocols and continuously ensuring the service is fully accessible by making information available and distributing information accordingly.

Because we want them to be the best seniors that they can be, we are proud to provide our Senior PWPs with the following:  

• Clinical and case management supervision, 4 weekly reflective practice groups and group supervision, additional ad hoc supervision, which is above and beyond the National Talking Therapies recommended amount
• A supportive Step 2 Clinical Lead team that advocate for clinical excellence and incorporate our therapists views into service change
• Deliver an in house high quality monthly CPD programme covering a range of topics such as refreshers of key PWP interventions, working with clients from neurodivergent and LGBTQI+ communities. 
• Career development opportunities such as accessing Long-Term Conditions or PWP Supervisor training, becoming a Champion, or applying for roles such as Step 2 Manager or Step 2 Clinical Lead
• We also lead interface meetings with Secondary Care services, to improve client journey
• As an extra bonus we will also pay the yearly fees for your BABCP registration 
• We can consider different flexible working arrangements regardless of the length of service. This could look like condensed working patterns or moving working hours to support responsibilities, such as collecting your children from school. 

About the company

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. 

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling fulfilled, valued and maintaining a healthy work-life balance, that’s why we focus on the things that are important to you. These are a few of the great benefits that we offer: 

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make.