About the role
Salary: £28,392 a year
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Trainee
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to work within Sunderland Talking
Therapies and study at Teesside University. The position is full time hours (37.5 per week) and will be a
combination of university and placement days, paid at Band 4 until successful
completion of the course and PWP registration in place. This employment is
dependent on completion of the course and once registered, PWPs are paid at NHS
Band 5 equivalent. Unfortunately if you are unsuccessful at completing the
course unfortunately your employment contract will be terminated.
In this role you will:
The PWP course runs for 1 academic year, and you will be
required to meet the demands of balancing a high caseload whilst completing the
academic components of the role. You will work towards a Post Graduate
Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies and work with people with
different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary. The
training post will equip the post holder to provide a range of cognitive
behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-help interventions to patients with
anxiety and depression. The post-holder will attend all taught and self-study
days required by the education provider, as specified within National Low
Intensity curriculum, and work in the service for the remaining days of the
week using their newly developed skills.