Job description

Job responsibilities

PWP training is provided by University College London (UCL) and is full time. Trainees attend university one day a week and work in service the remaining 4 days a week. Trainees will be employed in an IAPT psychological treatment service. Training course fees on this programmeare fully funded by the NHS. In addition, trainees will receive a salary from the London IAPT service where they undertake their 4-day a week placement over the year of the programme.

PWPs work with people across the adult age range.Applicants should have experience of working with people with psychological, interpersonal or social problems; either through employed positions or formal volunteer roles.

The course is a postgraduate certificate and applicants are required to demonstrate aptitude to study at postgraduate level, either through degree level education or demonstration of academic equivalence.

You will need to have some experience, in a paid or voluntary capacity with people struggling with their mental health.

You will work with people on the telephone, on digital platforms and face to face. Please note, these are not fully home-based/remote posts, although there will be some remote working including the academic elements of the post.

Interviews will take place in July 2024.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY THROUGH UCL

Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Common Mental Health Problems PG Cert | Prospective Students Graduate - UCL University College London

Job responsibilities

PWP training is provided by University College London (UCL) and is full time. Trainees attend university one day a week and work in service the remaining 4 days a week. Trainees will be employed in an IAPT psychological treatment service. Training course fees on this programmeare fully funded by the NHS. In addition, trainees will receive a salary from the London IAPT service where they undertake their 4-day a week placement over the year of the programme.

PWPs work with people across the adult age range.Applicants should have experience of working with people with psychological, interpersonal or social problems; either through employed positions or formal volunteer roles.

The course is a postgraduate certificate and applicants are required to demonstrate aptitude to study at postgraduate level, either through degree level education or demonstration of academic equivalence.

You will need to have some experience, in a paid or voluntary capacity with people struggling with their mental health.

You will work with people on the telephone, on digital platforms and face to face. Please note, these are not fully home-based/remote posts, although there will be some remote working including the academic elements of the post.

Interviews will take place in July 2024.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY THROUGH UCL

Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Common Mental Health Problems PG Cert | Prospective Students Graduate - UCL University College London

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree with honours in Psychology or a related field.

Desirable

• Training relevant to mental health

Experience

Essential

• Working with a diverse mental health population (volutnary or paid)
• Working in fast pace role requiring advanced organisational, communication skills and initiative
• experience relevant to working with service users on phone/email de-escalating anxiety, frustration or confusion.
• Able to develop therapeutic relationship with clients.
• Able to put into practice the effect of training.

Desirable

• Post-graduate clinical experience.
• Paid work in a psychological therapies service and /or work experience in primary care services.
• Working in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
• Experience completing advanced administration tasks e.g. written reports or synthesising data.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of anxiety and depression, how it might present in primary care, assessment and treatment methods.
• Awareness of diversity issues through relevant training.

Desirable

• Understanding of IAPT Stepped care services.
• Theoretical knowledge of more complex mental health problems.
• The issues surrounding work and the impact on mental health.
• Understanding of the need to use evidence based therapies and how this relates to the post.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Well developed IT skills
• Organizational skills.
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations and ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility.
• Flexible approach and willingness to adapt.
• Able to complete academic components of the role.
• Ability to integrate information, make evaluations, formulations and decisions.

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English.

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree with honours in Psychology or a related field.

Desirable

• Training relevant to mental health

Experience

Essential

• Working with a diverse mental health population (volutnary or paid)
• Working in fast pace role requiring advanced organisational, communication skills and initiative
• experience relevant to working with service users on phone/email de-escalating anxiety, frustration or confusion.
• Able to develop therapeutic relationship with clients.
• Able to put into practice the effect of training.

Desirable

• Post-graduate clinical experience.
• Paid work in a psychological therapies service and /or work experience in primary care services.
• Working in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
• Experience completing advanced administration tasks e.g. written reports or synthesising data.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of anxiety and depression, how it might present in primary care, assessment and treatment methods.
• Awareness of diversity issues through relevant training.

Desirable

• Understanding of IAPT Stepped care services.
• Theoretical knowledge of more complex mental health problems.
• The issues surrounding work and the impact on mental health.
• Understanding of the need to use evidence based therapies and how this relates to the post.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Well developed IT skills
• Organizational skills.
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations and ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility.
• Flexible approach and willingness to adapt.
• Able to complete academic components of the role.
• Ability to integrate information, make evaluations, formulations and decisions.

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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 Sponsorship

Applications 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).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications 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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lambeth Talking Therapies and Croydon Talking Therapies

London

SW9 8AP

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)