Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
We are seeking a passionate Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join our established Talking Therapy service in Haringey. The role involves managing a caseload of clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression, delivering evidence-based brief interventions, and supporting patient referrals. The service offers regular supervision, CPD opportunities, and pathways for professional development, including specialist training for long-term conditions. This position is a mixture of remote and office-based work, requiring one late shift per week.
Key responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of clients with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression under supervision.
- Support and assist patient referral to other services as appropriate.
- Provide a range of evidenced based brief interventions using guided self-help methods.
- Ensure work is patient-focused, responsive to need, and culturally competent.
- Assist in the running of self-help groups and use of self-help material.
- Follow Trust guidelines for record keeping, data protection, and confidentiality.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level (psychology or other related degree)
- Hold a Talking Therapies approved post-graduate qualification in "Low Intensity Psychological Therapies
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in one to one as well as group situations.
- Work independently and effectively within a team
- Well organised and willing to learn new computer skills rapidly.
- Ability to secure health information from relevant health specialists to inform the process of assessment
- Experience in working in a Talking Therapies service as a PWP or as PWP trainee, delivering evidence based low intensity interventions to primary care clients
- Experience or understanding of mental health issues
- Experience in working in a multicultural setting
- Knowledge of a range of mental health issues
- Be able to provide a range of brief solution focused interventions for adults who are experiencing mild to moderate emotional difficulties, particularly anxiety and depression
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of innovative thinking to meet challenging health needs.
- Experience in working with other agencies statutory and voluntary
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
We are looking for a passionate PWP to join our well-established Talking Therapy service in Haringey. If you're committed to providing evidence-based treatment in a way that is flexible and personalised to the individual, we want to hear from you. We can help you develop personally and professionally, through regular high-quality individual supervision, and a range of team activities and ongoing CPD opportunities.
Our service has well established pathways for people with Long Term conditions (LTC) and we offer specialist LTC training to PWPs when available. With this support, some of our PWPs have been able to process into band 6 senior and lead PWP roles within the service. There are opportunities to contribute towards shaping and developing our service by taking the lead in a specific area of interest.
We are committed to developing our staff through supervision, training and research opportunities, service development projects and reflective spaces.We proactively support staff through wellbeing focused line management, supervision and a range of wellbeing initiatives.
We particularly welcome staff members who can speak and work in languages that reflect the diverse communities in our borough.
The post is a mixture of remote and office-based work from our Haringey locations and home. The post holder is required to work one late shift (12:00 to 20:00) per
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