Job Description
The Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner will:
Work within the IAPT service to offer high quality evidence-based interventions within the stepped care model for people with common mental health problems such as Anxiety and Depression. Whilst also incorporating the LTC pathways the service is commissioned to work with.
Support GPs and other health care professionals in primary and secondary care teams to help manage patients with Depression or Anxiety and the LTC pathways the service is commissioned to work with.
Offer supervision and professional and practical support to PWP colleagues of varying experience (including PWP Trainees) within the IAPT service.
Offer expert support; clinical guidance and leadership as needed to other PWP colleagues requiring support or when dealing with suitability or difficult clinical situations.
To complete all mandated session by session outcome measures
Offer clinical case management supervision to other PWPs; and contribute to the IPDR process for these staff.
Work with other primary and mental health care workers to develop group work– identify local needs, publicise the groups, take referrals, manage the groups and report on outcomes to referrers.
Promote and contribute to the development of training for the primary care teams and support the development of their mental health skills generally.
The IAPT Health and Wellbeing Team delivers a range of evidence based, stepped-care interventions for people living with long term physical health conditions who are also experiencing anxiety or depression.
The team brings together experienced IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Counsellors and Clinical Health Psychologists to work closely together with health, social care and third sector colleagues across primary and secondary care in a range of physical health condition pathways.
General requirements
To meet the National IAPT standards which include an individual minimum 50% recovery rate and to meet 20 clinical contact hours (pro-rata) per week. To ensure productivity expectations are met in line with the National IAPT manual.
To meet patient needs by working across Sheffield according to demand. Working a minimum of 22.5 hours per week and to offer one early appointment and one late appointment per week (outside 9-5pm working hours) and Saturday working on occasion if required.
Provide support to GPs and other health care professionals in managing patients with common mental health problems associated with LTC within primary and secondary care.
Assist people accessing the service for help with common mental health problems to identify their problems; assess their needs; prioritise goals and agree with the individual a way forward or action plan.
Assess and identify patients presenting with ’risk’ (to self or other people) and be able to carry out an appropriate risk assessment; follow the IAPT risk protocol; and procedures for communicating and acting on risk (including child and adult safeguarding policies); and provide support to PWP colleagues when required to do the same.
Work with GP practice teams and other physical health teams to ensure an integrated approach to mental health care.
Step patients to more appropriate levels of care in IAPT efficiently and appropriately – as part of the stepped care model.
Ensure patients have access to all facilities available at their surgery.
Provide evidence-based interventions for patients both in GP clinics; telephone clinics and group-based interventions, such as guided self-help in line with NICE and IAPT service guidance.
Liaise closely with other members of the teams that as a service we work collaboratively with; and other agencies involved with the individual or family. Report to GPs on patients’ responses to medication.
Collect and organise information in primary care for patients and families which is appropriate to the individuals as well as appropriate for the service e.g., using materials and information that is recognised and endorsed by the service.
Provide information on and contacts with groups and organisations in ways that are accessible.
Show respect for people’s social and cultural differences and preferences, working with people from a wide and diverse background. Work with interpreters when necessary.
Record data on the appropriate data base and record systems as required by the IAPT service in a timely manner; setting a standard and example for PWP colleagues to follow.
Maybe required to work one evening per week.
Attend training as required and negotiated within the PDR process; be involved in the organisation or delivery of training to colleagues; taking a lead on the dissemination of training and learning from CPD events to teams and colleagues.
Identify opportunities to help improve the quality of the IAPT service; taking the responsibility to raise these as appropriate and bring to the attention of senior IAPT colleagues.
To be worked over a minimum of 3 days which is to include Thursday afternoons as this is service wide non-clinical time for you to be able to contribute to profession specific and service wide meetings, forums and masterclasses to support you in your role and CPD.
Principal duties
To complete all mandated session by session outcome measures
Offer clinical case management supervision to other PWPs; and contribute to the IPDR process for these staff.
Work with other primary and mental health care workers to develop group work– identify local needs, publicise the groups, take referrals, manage the groups and report on outcomes to referrers.
Promote and contribute to the development of training for the primary care teams and support the development of their mental health skills generally.
Service Development & Leadership
Develop and maintain appropriate supportive links between practices and statutory and non-statutory organisations.
Contribute to the further development of Sheffield IAPT services.
Organise and facilitate group supervision for the PWP workforce.
To ensure record keeping in line with Sheffield IAPT Standard Operating Procedures. This includes contemporaneous notes completed within 24 hours on the agreed patient record system, checking SHSC patient administration system prior to taking on new patients to check any risk or suitability issues and to send a discharge summary to GP practices once completed treatment.
Ensure all mandatory training is up to date in line with service protocol
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