Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Widnes, WA8 7QA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Sept 2026
Closing date:	16 Oct 2026

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Summary

Applicants must be suitably qualified and experienced to specifically deliver step 2 / Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner work within an Talking Therapies service, with evidence of having completed an Talking Therapies improved low-intensity CBT course with at least one year post-qualification experience.

We are looking to find an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Senior PWP) to join our step 2 leadership team at Talking Therapies Halton.

Talking Therapies Halton is the provider of Talking Therapies primary care psychological therapies across Halton and this vacancy is for a full-time permanent position.

The successful candidate will work alongside Team Leads, other Senior PWPs, and within Talking Therapies Halton leadership structure to ensure support and guidance is given to the step 2 workforce and the needs of the patients of Talking Therapies Halton serves are being met.

The post-holder will be expected to:

1. *Support the Talking Therapies team KPIs with a focus on recovery*

2. Support the development of the Step 2 provision within a high pressured environment

3. Hold a reduced low intensity caseload and deliver evidence based interventions to clients in one-to-one and group settings

4. Be familiar with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and be committed to equal opportunities.

5. Develop, support and deliver training in innovative practice to Step 2 practitioners, and other workers qualified to act in Low Intensity worker roles

6. To develop the service and provide awareness raising with colleagues from external statutory and non-statutory organisations

- To take a lead role in a key area of Step 2 development across Talking Therapies Halton service which may include work with long term conditions, older adults, or groups/courses

7. Support the development of links with Primary Care, Secondary Care, GP’s and service users in non-statutory organisations, especially services supporting minority groups

8. Provide clinical case management, Clinical skills groups, possible line management for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and trainees.

9. To lead on nominated core tasks which could include courses, trainees, recovery, CBT

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

The post-holder will be expected to:

1. Support the development of the Step 2 provision within a high pressured environment

2. Hold a reduced low intensity caseload and deliver evidence based interventions to clients in one-to-one and group settings

3. Be familiar with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and be committed to equal opportunities.

4. Develop, support and deliver training in innovative practice to Step 2practitioners, and other workers qualified to act in Low Intensity worker role

5. To develop the service and provide awareness raising with colleagues from external statutory and non-statutory organisations

6. To take a lead role in a key area of Step 2 development across Talking Therapies Haltonservice, which may include work with long term conditions, older adults, or groups/courses

7. Support the development of links with Primary Care, Secondary Care, GP’s and service users in non-statutory organisations, especially services supporting minority groups

8. Provide clinical case management, possible line management, and occasional clinical supervision to Step 2 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and trainees

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026

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