Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

To work alongside professionals delivering psychological interventions within the primary care setting. A Psychological Well-being Practitioner will assist with the overall delivery of `guided self-help psychological interventions' within a stepped model of care in line with NICE Guidelines.

This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

We are committed to delivering thevery best possible life-long carein physical health, mental health, learning disabilities and addictions services. We are passionate about advancing the health of the people and communities we serve. We will achieve this through pursuingclinical excellenceandwhole-person care,involving the people we servein every aspect of their care and through prevention and early intervention to help people keep well andliving well athome for longer.

The care we offer isbuilt on strong relationships, and we will work side-by-side with our staff, other organisations, and with people and communities themselves to activate, innovate and continually improve the prevention, treatment and support we provide. Together, we believe we canexceed expectations of the health, care and wellbeing availableto the people we serve.

Main duties of the job

The main roles will include:

- Face to face, Video and telephone work with clients with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, at step 2.

- Work within practice teams including liaison with GPs, Practice staff, third sector agencies and service users and carers.

To work autonomously within the team and possess excellent organisational and time management skills, in order to cope with the demands of the service.

- To have undertaken the "Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Care" course and be qualified as a PWP.

- The post holder will demonstrate respect and value service users' and their carers.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.