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Awareness and perceptions of mental health are changing.  We are in an exciting period of change and growth with an expanding team.

Just starting your career in mental health?  We’re proud to offer opportunities including award winning placements.

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities.  We believe we can best serve our community when our team has varied skills, experiences and backgrounds.  We value experience that comes from having lived with mental health issues and that of being a user of mental health services.

Everyone benefits from;

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year, increasing by 1 day per full year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) [pro rata].
  • Contributory pension
  • Bonus 1 day of annual leave per year over the festive period [pro rata]
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes free counselling sessions and access to a wellbeing app.
  • Training and personal development opportunities
  • Paid time off for medical appointments
  • Staff away days and socials

We are a living wage employer.

Current Vacancies

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Salary: £29,460 a year
Hours: 37.5 hours per week 
Contract: One-year fixed-term contract

RB Mind’s Richmond Wellbeing Service is recruiting trainee PWPs as part of the IAPT programme to deliver evidence-based psychological therapies for people with anxiety and depression. PWPs provide brief structured supported treatments such as guided self-help. PWP training is provided by University College London (UCL) and is full time.

Trainees attend university one day a week and will work for Richmond Wellbeing Service the remaining 4 days a week. Training course fees on this programme are fully funded by the NHS. In addition, trainees will receive a salary from the Richmond Talking Therapies service where they undertake their 4-day a week placement over the year of the programme.

You will be working with a team of dynamic, dedicated and committed PWPs and trainees, and will be part of successful teams at both RB Mind and our partners, South West London and St. Georges Mental Health NHS Trust.

Based near central Twickenham this role will also be partly home-based.

This training post will equip the post-holder to provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. The Trainee PWP will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.

The course is a postgraduate certificate and applicants are required to demonstrate aptitude to study at postgraduate level, either through degree level education or demonstration of academic equivalence.

For more information on the role, please see the below job description:

Trainee PWP Job Description

For more information on how to apply for this job via the UCL website, please refer to the below documents:

How To Apply Trainee PWP

Trainee PWP recruitment pack

Closing date: Monday 13th May, 10.00am

You can take a look at our Volunteer vacancies here: Volunteer Vacancies

Please contact our recruitment team with any questions: [email protected]