Would you like to help people manage their mental health with tried and tested psychological interventions?
Perhaps your lived experience of mental health problems is putting you in a unique position to support others going through similar challenges.
Are you looking for a career change and are enthusiastic about caring and supporting people?
Mental health difficulties are common, but even more so with the changes the world has experienced since COVID-19. The Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services, Healthy Minds Bucks and TalkingSpace Plus Oxon, are expanding. We have opportunities for Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to join both of our teams.
We’re looking for people who are compassionate, work well in a team, are enthusiastic, highly motivated and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience of working in a mental health setting would be beneficial. However, you may instead have relevant life experience or transferable skills that would enable you to effectively support people with mental health challenges. If you think you have these qualities, we look forward to hearing from you.
The PWP apprenticeship programme is a 12-15 month course, delivered by Health Apprenticeship & Development Centre; the next programme is due to start in September 2021. The programme combines both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between IAPT services and the Oxford Health Apprenticeship team.
You will be trained to deliver effective, evidence-based psychological therapies either by telephone, online via a digital platform or in person (subject to covid-19 restrictions), either on a one to one basis or in groups.
On successfully receiving your qualification, you will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within an IAPT service. You will progress from a Trainee PWP contract to a permanent, qualified PWP contract.
Both services have multiple opportunities and will be advertising on NHS Jobs separately. Please see the table below to find out more about each service and how to apply.
| Buckinghamshire IAPT Service(Healthy Minds Bucks) | Oxfordshire IAPT Service(TalkingSpace Plus) | |
| To find out more about our service | Explore the Healthy Minds websitePlease click on this link to hear our current trainees and qualified PWPs talking about their experiences, bringing the role of the PWP to life. Included are some handy tips on how to make your application stand out! | Explore the TSP website and Oxfordshire Mind website |
| Locations | Our main bases are located centrally in High Wycombe in the south and Aylesbury in the north of the county, and we run clinics from a variety of community & NHS venues across Buckinghamshire. There are currently vacancies for trainee PWPs in both High Wycombe and Aylesbury. | TSP have two bases, Abell House, which holds our north and south locality teams and Manzil Way, where our city team are located. We run clinics from a variety of community & NHS venues across Oxfordshire. |
| Sign up to one of our recruitment live events | Email the Healthy Minds team for further information and an invite to one of these virtual live events @ 17:30 on:Friday 4th June 2021Wednesday 9th June 2021 | Email the TSP team for further information and an invite to a virtual live event: Thursday 10th June 2021 (morning) Saturday 12th June 2021 (afternoon) |
Applications open here and on NHS Jobs on the 7th June 2021 – 21st June 2021 (adverts may close earlier if we receive a high volume of applications).
Interviews for Healthy Minds Bucks will be held virtually w/c 5th July 2021. Interviews for TalkingSpace Plus will be held in-person at a Recruitment Event w/c 12th July 2021.