Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Oxford

To train as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner you will:
· Attend the academic teaching days and complete all requirements of the apprenticeship including coursework and assessments.
· The apprenticeship will primarily involve one day per week protected learning time, either in person in the classroom, online learning or self-study, followed by four days working in service putting learning into practice. On occasion you will attend block teaching weeks.
· Training will also involve shadowing your peers, project work, or directed study.
· On successful completion of the programme, you will be equipped with the knowledge, experience and skills relevant to continue as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within our service. We continue to offer ongoing training to further develop skills.
The main duties of this role include:
+ Successfully completing the apprenticeship
+ Carrying out telephone screening assessments and low intensity CBT-based treatment sessions., You will not be entitled to receive additional HEE funding following completion of this training (if you fail to complete the course, from the date the training ends) for the next two years.
Secondly, we need to ensure that you meet the criteria. Please see the link below for information about right to work / remain in UK and residency status. Please can you read through this to ensure that you meet the criteria before applying for the post.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1155957/Apprenticeship_funding_rules_2324_Version_1.pdf
Please be aware as a part of our recruitment and onboarding there will be an eligibility screening process which will involve a form being sent to you for us to evaluate and ensure you meet the criteria for funding. If you have any questions regarding the funding criteria please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies is a Team of over 200 staff. Although a large Team, staff feel part of a close knit and supportive service who pride themselves on supporting patients with mild to moderate depression and anxiety across Oxfordshire.
Staff wellbeing is a top priority for us. We have a very active, nationally recognised Wellbeing Team and work hard to ensure that a supportive, collaborative, and productive culture is in place. We offer robust supervision and ongoing continuing professional development.
In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide.
We offer excellent supervision and CPD and training to support career progression. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with Oxford Academic Health Science Network, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Department of Experimental Psychology. If you are a compassionate team worker with enthusiasm and motivation, we would love to hear from you., Please note, if you do not hold one of the qualifications listed in the Job Description/Person Specification, you must provide evidence, on the basis of prior experience and other educational achievement, that you have the ability to study at level 6 and have the potential to pass all skills-based assessments within the programme.
If shortlisted, you will be invited to a recruitment day. Please be prepared to attend for the whole day on the above date.
Please ensure you read and complete the pre-interview questionnaire attached as a document on this vacancy and get in contact with us if you have any queries.
+ All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
+ Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
+ Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
+ We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
+ Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
+ Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community., NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies are offering an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and innovative team. We always invest in our staff to develop their knowledge and skills in order to provide excellent care to our service users.
If you are someone compassionate, enthusiastic and reflective with a desire to help people, our Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) apprenticeship could be the role for you! Experience of working in a mental health setting or supporting service users in a similar setting will be a key part of what you could bring to the role. You may also have relevant life experience or transferable skills that would enable you to effectively support people with mental health challenges.
NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies provides evidence-based psychological therapies over the telephone, online or face to face.
The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner apprenticeship is a 12-15-month course, delivered by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Apprenticeship scheme & The Learning & Development Centre. The programme combines both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. This enables us to offer a supportive environment with high quality supervision giving you the best opportunity to build your skills.
This role offers a hybrid working pattern, to be discussed further at interview.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
+ Excellent opportunities for career progression
+ Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
+ 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
+ NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
+ Competitive pension scheme
+ Lease car scheme
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Mental Health First Aiders
+ Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
+ Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team