Are you interested in a career with an established NHS Talking Therapies service based in Gloucestershire, are you dedicated, organised and passionate about mental health? If so read on.

We are excited to be able to offer an Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner role at our Gloucester base to support our dedicated therapy team in providing Low Intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to the people of Gloucestershire. This role will be relevant to those who are interested in starting a career as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP). We pride ourselves with our training schemes and the opportunities we provide for job progression within the service and the high standard of therapy we provide to our public.

Please be aware that if we receive a high volume of applications, the vacancy may be closed early.

The successful candidate will assist PWPs in co-facilitating face-to-face and online psycho-educational courses to patients across the county.

Assisting in administrative tasks such as writing referrals, clinical notes and collecting data & feedback from patients.

Developing our service by performing outreach to local teams within the trust, as well as external agencies and stakeholders such as GPs and local community groups.

We offer regular opportunities for Continuing Professional Development as well as reflective practice in clinical supervision and have fully funded access to the Bespoke training service.

Flexible working arrangements within 37.5 hours per week, with core service hours of 8am-8pm. Some evening work will be required

We currently offer a hybrid working pattern for staff and the candidates will be able to request this on completion of local induction and their line managers discretion. The successful candidate will be expected to work out of our Gloucester base for at least part of the working week.

When submitting your personal statement we encourage you to use your own wording and not artificial intelligence (AI) software, except for spelling and grammar purposes.

Please note that interviews will be conducted in-person at our Gloucester base.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

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Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gabby Cooper Job title: Operational Lead Email address: gabby.cooper@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0300 421 5780

Phoebe Harding

Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Phoebe.Harding@ghc.nhs.uk

Laura-Jayne Bearham

Acting Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Laura-Jayne.Bearham@ghc.nhs.uk

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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