Mind in Harrow are currently looking for new Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP’s). This is a postgraduate opportunity at University College London, the course begins in February 2023 and the application period runs from 10am on Thursday 8th September until Monday 3rd October.
Psychological therapies services across London are 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 work in service the remaining 4 days a week. Trainees will be employed in an IAPT psychological treatment service. Training course fees on this programme are fully funded by the NHS. In addition, trainees will receive a from the London IAPT service where they undertake their 4-day a week placement over the year of the programme. In previous years, this has been a full-time employed position at NHS band 4.
PWPs work with people across the adult age range. We are keen to recruit a workforce that is representative of the diverse local London population. Applicants should have experience of working with people with psychological, interpersonal or social problems; either through employed positions or formal volunteer roles.
Recruitment is via the UCL website ONLY at the following link: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught/degrees/low-intensity-cognitive-behavioural-interventions-pg-cert
For more information about the course see: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/masters/TPPPSYSLCB01