Psychological and Wellbeing Practitioner

Are you passionate about the care and treatment of your clients? Do you want to make a lasting difference and be part of somebody's journey to improve their mental health. If so, The Forward Trust are looking for you! Who we are It is an exciting time at Forward with the recent addition of providing mental health IAPT services in prisons across Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. For more than 25 years, Forward have been working with people building positive and productive lives, whatever their past. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community. What you will be doing? As a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner you will work with adults on an individual face-to-face basis or through facilitating therapeutic groups and work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages and should be committed to equal opportunities. A large part of your role will be to assess a service user's suitability for evidence based psychological interventions. You will be delivering a wide range of Cognitive Behavioural therapy based interventions to those individuals presenting with mild to moderate depression and anxiety. * Provide assessment and low intensity interventions which may include guided self-help, CBT and group work (CBT based) Group Psycho-educational workshops and computerised CBT. * Undertake patient-centred interviews which identify areas where the individual wishes to see change and or recovery and make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others. * Assess and support prisoners with a common mental health problem in the self- management of their recovery. * Ensure quality standards are maintained in the delivery of the service. What we are looking for? * Experience of undertaking CBT assessments and delivering CBT and low intensity interventions * Working with people with mental health difficulties and people in primary care. * A thorough understanding of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and the concept of stepped care What we will offer you. Alongside Simply Health coverage, and a contributory pension scheme to assist employees with their general health and well-being. We offer: * Training opportunities and career development * Season Ticket Loan Scheme * Cycle to work scheme * Childcare Vouchers * 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays * Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter * Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) * Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)