Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join the Mid Essex Talking Therapies team. The successful candidate will work with service users to support their mental health, manage a caseload, and contribute to service promotion. It's a hybrid-working position based in Braintree, with an expectation to attend the office at least two days a week. The role involves supporting patients through various communication methods and collaborating with other professionals.
Essential criteria
- Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) Graduate OR Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions
- PWP registration with BABCP or BPS OR must be eligible and willing to apply
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards of written communication
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
Desirable criteria
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including telephone skills
- Computer literate
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Ability to assess common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- DIVERSITY
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- PHYSICAL SKILLS/EFFORT
- Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
- Computer skills for entering clinical notes on electronic patient record
- Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and remote working in line with all relevant HPFT policies
- MENTAL/EMOTIONAL EFFORT
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to concentrate on clinical work and deliver therapy for most of the working day
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to deal with patients with common mental health problems
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients, patients and carers
- GENERAL
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Welcoming / Kind / Positive / Respectful /Professional
- QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
- Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) Graduate OR Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions
- PWP registration with BABCP or BPS OR must be eligible and willing to apply
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards of written communication
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including telephone skills
- Computer literate
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Ability to assess common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- DIVERSITY
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- PHYSICAL SKILLS/EFFORT
- Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
- Computer skills for entering clinical notes on electronic patient record
- Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and remote working in line with all relevant HPFT policies
- MENTAL/EMOTIONAL EFFORT
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to concentrate on clinical work and deliver therapy for most of the working day
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst w
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
About You
Are you a qualified PWP looking for a new challenge? Are you ready to demonstrate your passion, enthusiasm and clinical expertise and join a service who supports and invests in you ?
Would you like to work with HPFT to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Mid Essex Talking Therapies are hiring for QUALIFIED PWPs to join our team!
Please note, this vacancy may close early once the required number of applications have been received
Please note that HPFT is contracted to provide the Mid Essex Talking Therapies service until 31 March 2027, after which a different provider will assume responsibility for delivering the service. This advertised job role is a permanent position and the role itself is expected to continue beyond this date. Any transfer of staff to the incoming provider would be subject to the applicable TUPE regulations and formal consultation processes.
Main duties of the job
Should I Apply?
If you feel you meet the following criteria then we would like to hear from you:
- A qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
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