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The Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner will:

• Support staff to deliver Step: 2 Talking Therapies interventions within the Talking Therapies service; to offer evidence based interventions within a stepped care model for people living with LTCs/PPS and who experience common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety
• Ensure that PWPs are able to support allied health care professionals across partnering organisations (e.g. GPs; other members of the Primary Care team; community and hospital based staff) in the management of patients with common mental health problems.
• Be responsible for ensuring that high quality clinical supervision and support is available to low intensity staff within the Talking Therapies service.
• Offer expert clinical support and guidance to Step: 2 staff seeing difficult patients or managing challenging and complex referrals when appropriate in a way that helps to promote learning and resilience.
• To be representative of the Step: 2 workforce in Senior Talking Therapies meetings and when representing the service.
• To have a lead role in the clinical governance for the delivery of Step: 2 interventions in collaboration with other professional leads and the wider Talking Therapies Senior Team as appropriate.
Working for our organisation At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account., To be a clinical/professional lead for the Step: 2 Talking Therapies service ensuring the development of the role and the continued development of guided self help within the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) role. Principal Duties
• Ensure that PWPs are able to provide support to GPs and other allied health care professionals in managing patients with common Mental Health problems.
• Ensure that a training plan is developed for PWPs that is equitable and reflects the development needs of the workforce and the service; that also reflects and embraces new opportunities and service changes.
• Offer expert advice to Step: 2 staff who assess patients who are considered a risk to themselves or others (following Trust protocols and guidance), including child and adult protection policies.
• Have operational oversight of the delivery of Step: 2 interventions such as the LTC/PPS courses.
• Ensure that Step: 2 staff within Sheffield Talking Therapies provide evidence based Step: 2 interventions as appropriate in line with NICE and Talking Therapies /HEE guidance/training.
• Ensure that Step: 2 staff have the skills and knowledge to step-up within the stepped care model as appropriate and adhere to best practice guidance.
• Oversee the framework for clinical supervision ensuring that all staff who deliver Step: 2 interventions have access to high quality clinical supervision that is appropriate to the interventions they offer.
• Support Step: 2 staff to collect and organise information for patients and families about conditions; medication and management; alternative treatments and the wide range of local resources in the community. Access information in different media and languages.
• Promote sign posting resources through out the service, with special regard to what Step: 2 staff can sign post to.
• Work with Step: 2 staff to ensure they show respect for people's social and cultural needs and preferences; working with people from a wide range of backgrounds; working with interpreters also when appropriate.
• Promote and contribute to the development of training for allied health care professionals and support the development of their mental health skills generally.
• Work with other Trust services to share positive learning from the Talking Therapies service.
• Ensure that any systematic issues that prevent Step: 2 staff being able to record data on databases and clinical record systems required by Talking Therapies are proactively managed.
• Contribute to the further development of Sheffield Talking Therapies service.
Service Development The post holder will play a significant role in the development of Step: 2 interventions within the Talking Therapies service; representing and promoting the Sheffield Talking Therapies service regionally, and when possible contributing to the wider development of Talking Therapies policy particularly with regard to Step: 2. We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website. We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself. Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are: + The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group + The Disability Staff Network Group + The Lived Experience Staff Network Group + The Rainbow Staff Network Group + The Staff Carers Staff Network Group + The Women's Staff Network Group We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible. The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s). When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting statement. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you're applying for, nor can they accurately reflect your skills, knowledge, and experience. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting statement is not advocated by SHSC and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process. For example, AI responses…
• usually lack relevance and fail to address the key criteria outlined in the job description and person specification.
• may come across as generic and fail to distinguish you from other applicants.
• may be ambiguous or open to misinterpretation. Without careful review and editing, the supporting statement could convey messages that are unclear or misconstrued by hiring managers.
• may include qualifications, skills, knowledge or experience that you do not possess, potentially leading to misrepresentation.
Supporting Statement The supporting statement is an opportunity for you to showcase how your qualifications, knowledge, skill and experiences align with the requirements and criteria outlined in the job description and person. Recruiting managers score applications based on the criteria listed in the person specification. Managers will be looking for evidence of how you meet these criteria. To increase your chances of securing an interview, provide examples of how you have applied your skills and knowledge in real-life situations. Share work-related successes and challenges you've navigated that align with the criteria. These could be from various aspects of your life, including work, education, and personal experiences. Consider structuring your statement with clear headings or bullet points. This approach will help both you and the recruiting manager navigate through your application more effectively.

You will need to demonstrate considerable and relevant experience of working with LTCs/PPS and anxiety and low mood, drawn from previous experience as a Senior PWP. It is essential you hold a Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions; have completed the LTC top up training for LTCs/PPS and have substantial clinical, supervision and leadership experience.

At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city. We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of. Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: working together for our service users, respect and kindness, everyone counts, commitment to quality, improving lives., Sheffield Talking Therapies is committed to the continuous professional development and wellbeing of its workforce and offers numerous opportunities for in-house CPD.