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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:
For more information on how to apply for this job via the UCL website, please refer to the below documents:
Closing date: Monday 13th May, 10.00am
Salary: £43,000 per annum (pro rata)
Hours: 32 – 37.5 hours per week (negotiable)
Contract: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity to provide clinical leadership and supervision to a number of therapeutic services within Richmond Borough Mind. Our developed and respected Psychotherapy and Counselling Service has been providing long-term counselling interventions to local residents since 1988. The service is self-funded and offers a range of therapies which aim to provide individuals with the support and opportunity to work through their difficulties in depth with a skilled and experienced trainee or fully qualified therapist. Sliding scale rates are offered to make sure that we are accessible to all. We also run a number of therapeutic, psychoeducational, support and peer-led one to one sessions and groups, training workshops and other activities.
We are looking for a skilled and qualified (or in advance training) counselling supervisor to provide clinical supervision, leadership, management and service development of our Psychotherapy and Counselling service. Knowledge and understanding of a number of modalities would be an asset. Part of the role will be to help us achieve and maintain BACP or equivalent service accreditation and to grow the service.
As well as having an empathy with the core values of RB Mind, the successful applicant will be a confident and versatile communicator with outstanding relationship-building, organisational and problem-solving skills, and have the ability to provide empathy and guided support to staff, volunteer counsellors, administrators and clients. You will be supported by senior management colleagues and gain a rich experience of low, moderate and more complex cases.
Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.
For more information about the role, please see the Therapies Service Manager Clinical Lead Job Description.
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Closing date: Monday 20th May
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Please contact our recruitment team with any questions: [email protected]
