Band 5 Prison Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Location Nottinghamshire
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £27.00 per hour
Reference HQ00045803_1582629975

Sanctuary Criminal Justice has a full-time locum vacancy for a Band 5 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to work in Nottingham on a full-time basis.

The pay rate for this Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner job is £27 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.

Duties:

  • Undertake patient centred interviews to identify areas where they wish to see change
  • Make accurate assessments of the risk patients poses to themselves and others
  • Make decisions on the stability of new referrals, referring clients to alternative services or stepping up their treatment to high intensity psychological therapy if necessary
  • Devise a shared treatment plan with your patient that's delivered via a range of methods such as face-to-face, online and over the phone
  • Provide low-intensity interventions, such as psycho-educational interventions, guided self-help and computerised CBT
  • Attend multi-disciplinary meetings about referrals or clients in treatment
  • Develop strong professional relationships with primary and secondary care staff, such as general practise staff and mental health workers
  • Liaise with external agencies including housing, police, local authority, employers and employment support workers

Requirements:

  • Experience working within a similar role
  • Must have PWP qualification APIMH or equivalent i.e. accredited course
  • Current prison clearance to be considered for this role.

Contact:

This job is advertised by Jason Munns; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.