Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join Sunderland Talking Therapies. The role involves undertaking triage assessments, providing low-intensity interventions, and contributing to service improvement projects. The successful candidate will work with diverse cultural backgrounds and ages, potentially using interpreters. The service offers ongoing professional development and a supportive multidisciplinary team environment.
Essential criteria
- High quality and timely clinical note recording (e.g. session notes and care plans) and ability to write reports and letters
- Qualification from an accredited PWP Training Course.
- PWP registration with BPS or BABCP or being able and eligible to apply for this immediately once in post.
Desirable criteria
- Psychology or other health and care related undergraduate degree
- Completion of an accredited course relating to working with long-term conditions within Low Intensity therapy.
- Experience of working effectively as a PWP within a high-pressured setting (primary care or equivalent).
- Experience of managing own PWP clinical caseload.
- Evidence of communicating with people from diverse backgrounds and using an interpreter.
- Experience of adapting Low Intensity CBT approaches to work with neurodiversity.
- Experience of adapting Low Intensity CBT approaches to work with individuals with long-term conditions and/or medically unexplained symptoms.
- Willingness and ability to work clinically on an evening where required by the service.
- Willingness and ability to travel to various locations for patient appointments.
- An understanding of NICE guidelines for the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression and experience of applying these in practice.
- Experience of building good working relationships within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of the managing clinical risk within PWP work.
- Skills and Competencies
- High quality and timely clinical note recording (e.g. session notes and care plans) and ability to write reports and letters
- Qualification from an accredited PWP Training Course.
- PWP registration with BPS or BABCP or being able and eligible to apply for this immediately once in post.
- Psychology or other health and care related undergraduate degree
- Completion of an accredited course relating to working with long-term conditions within Low Intensity therapy.
- Experience of working effectively as a PWP within a high-pressured setting (primary care or equivalent).
- Experience of managing own PWP clinical caseload.
- Evidence of communicating with people from diverse backgrounds and using an interpreter.
- Experience of adapting Low Intensity CBT approaches to work with neurodiversity.
- Experience of adapting Low Intensity CBT approaches to work with individuals with long-term conditions and/or medically unexplained symptoms.
- Willingness and ability to work clinically on an evening where required by the service.
- Willingness and ability to travel to various locations for patient appointments.
- An understanding of NICE guidelines for the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression and experience of applying these in practice.
- Experience of building good working relationships within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of the managing clinical risk within PWP work.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £32,073 — matches the national scale.
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Sunderland Counselling Service
Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Sunderland Talking Therapies to appoint a Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner. The position is full time hours (37.5 per week) for either a qualified PWP who holds a PWP accreditation or a Trainee PWP who is nearing the end of training due to be ratified, and wants to develop their skills and experience within our team. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
The successful candidate should:
- Have successfully completed an academic course of study in line with the IAPT Low Intensity National Programme and be qualified as a PWP (e.g. PG Cert Low Intensity Psychological Therapies)
- We are also interested in receiving applications from current Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners who are enrolled on a PG Cert in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies and are due to qualify. If you are a current Trainee PWP you would initially be employed at Band 4 and once marks have been ratified by your university examination board, and you have gained PWP registration this would be uplifted to a Band 5.
- Have a current registration with the BABCP or BPS, or be able to
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