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Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

Spectrum.Life
locationManchester, UK
Permanent
About us

Spectrum.Life is a whole-of-health digital partner that guides organisations and their people to thrive, delivering clinically backed digital health, mental health and wellbeing solutions. Spectrum.Life provides services internationally to over 7.2m insurance members, 3,000 corporate clients, 60 universities and 650,000 university students. Our vision is to change and save as many lives as possible.

Role Brief

We are a clinically governed mental health provider that uses technology to widen access and improve outcomes. We are building out our Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner workforce to deliver Step 2 care within this model.

Responsibilities
  • Deliver evidence-based low intensity cognitive behavioural interventions to adults experiencing mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression
  • Conduct structured assessments via telephone and video
  • Deliver protocol specific interventions and make clinically sound stepped care decisions within a four step NICE aligned stepped care model
  • Manage an active caseload within scope, ensuring appropriate risk management and documentation
  • Participate in regular clinical case management supervision, structured case management, and ongoing CPD
Requirements
  • Qualified PWP with BPS accredited Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions
  • Current registration with BABCP (Wellbeing Practitioner Register) or BPS (Wider Psychological Workforce Register)
  • Minimum three years post qualification experience within NHS Talking Therapies or an IAPT equivalent service
  • Demonstrable competence across the full range of NICE recommended LI CBT protocols: Behavioural Activation, Graded Exposure, Worry Management, Problem Solving, Panic Management, Sleep Improvement, and Guided Self Help
  • Skilled in telephone and video delivered assessment and intervention as primary medium
  • Confident working with standardised outcome measures: PHQ 9, GAD 7, and WSAS, with an understanding of reliable recovery and improvement benchmarks
  • Commitment to regular clinical case management supervision (CCMS) and ongoing CPD
  • Ability to manage an active caseload with strong organisation, documentation, and risk management skills
Desirable

None specified.

Benefits
  • Fully remote working - no travel or commute
  • Full time or part time permanent contract
  • Salary benchmarked at the top of NHS Band 5 / lower Band 6 equivalent
  • Weekly individual clinical case management supervision meeting, minimum one hour, aligned to NHS Talking Therapies Manual requirements
  • Structured CPD programme with protected time for professional development and BABCP / BPS registration maintenance
  • Digital infrastructure designed to support clinical delivery and reduce administrative burden
  • Clear stepped care governance with no ambiguity about scope of practice
  • Team led by clinical leaders with deep NHS Talking Therapies and IAPT experience
  • Opportunity to help shape a new model of evidence based EAP care influencing low intensity therapy delivery at scale
Our Culture

We value clinical governance, evidence based practice and the well being of our practitioners.