Job summaryThe NHS Talking Therapies Service in South West Hertfordshire is looking to employ 2 full time Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners on a permanent basis to join our team in Watford. These roles, working closely wiht the PWPs they supervise, play a central role in ensuring our service is of the best quality, with the best outcomes for our service users.Hertfordshire was one of the original 11 Pathfinder sites for the development of IAPT Services, commencing in 2007/8 and has since developed through 1st and 2nd wave expansion sites to provide a well -resourced and innovative IAPT service across the whole of the county. Our Trust has been awarded 'Outstanding' status by the Care quality Commission and our IAPT Service is APPS accredited.Main duties of the jobThis is a blended post with a weekly pattern of working one to three days on site, that need to include Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday, in Watford, and some from home. A key part of the role will be to provide clinical supervision for PWPs within the service. The Senior PWP will work alongside the Wellbeing Team Service Manager, Team Leaders and our other Senior PWPs and Senior Clinicians and will receive their own clinical supervision from the Deputy Clinical Lead within the team. There will be opportunities for ongoing professional development as well as the chance to contribute to further service development.You will be an experienced PWP with at least 1 year post qualification experience and with a recognised IAPT qualification in Step 2 intervention and will be registered or working towards PWP accreditation with the BABCP or BPS. The position provides an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced PWP to lead in the further development of the PWP role as the service grows and ensure our team of PWPs are supported and supervised effectively.About usHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carer's - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Our Trust values are:Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesUndertake appropriate clinical supervision on a regular basis in accordancewith the relevant professional guidelines and policiesTake personal responsibility for achieving agreed clinical activity in accordance with service policies.To develop an area of special interest, to the level whereby the post-holdercould become a resource of information for the whole service.Adhere to the policies and procedures of Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust.Maintain appropriate clinical records in keeping with service operational policyParticipate in setting and review of objectives for the post on an annual basisParticipate in activities of continuing professional development (CPD) on an annual basis.Attend professional meetings as appropriate.Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.Co-ordinate and liaise between different staff groups including Assistantpsychologists, High Intensity Therapists.Support the development and delivery of interactive psycho-education within a CBT framework to large groups of Service Users.For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialIAPT supervision training and experienceA related undergraduate degree, e.g. PsychologyPostgraduate Certificate in IAPT step 2 workingSignificant post qualification experienceSignificant experience of working with people with common mental health problemsSignificant post-qualification experience in offering and delivering the full range of evidence-based IAPT low intensity interventionsDesirableAdditional areas of training through short coursesExperience of delivering training to a range of professionalsExperienceEssentialExperience of working within an IAPT serviceSignificant knowledge of IAPT compliant step 2 ways of workingKnowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelinesKnowledge of working with diversityEvidence-based practiceKnowledge of assessment procedures, screening, referral, record-keeping and evidence-based brief psychological interventionsKnowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposesKnowledge of Child Protection legislationKnowledge of clinical risk assessmentAbility to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervisionAn understanding of the context of IAPT stepped careExperience of having worked in a service where agreed waiting time and clinical outcomes targets are in placeAbility to manage own caseload and timeDesirableExperience of partnership workingSubstantial experience of multi-disciplinary teamworkExperience of audit and researchExperience of working in a supervisor roleAbility to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniquesFluency in a community language other than EnglishDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustAddressProspect House, Peace Drive, Watford WD173XEPeace DriveWatfordWD173XEEmployer's websitehttps://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)