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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Warneford Hospital; Warneford Lane; Headington; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX3 7JX
Contact Number: 01865 901000

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Ref: 267-OA7220160 Vacancy ID: 7220160

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Oxford

Accepting applications until: 05-Jun-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 05-Jun-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Abell House / Entrance 1
Address: Horspath Driftway / Manzil Way
Town: Oxford
Postcode: OX3 7JH
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent: on meeting the requirements of the course and the person specification, the post holder will move to band 5.
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (One late shift per week 12:00-20:00)

Salary

Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum/pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 4)

Specialty

Main area: Mental Health Services

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Experience of working in a mental health setting or supporting service users in a similar setting will be a key part of what you could bring to the role. You may also have relevant life experience or transferable skills that would enable you to effectively support people with mental health challenges. 

Eligibility for apprenticeship programme:

To apply for this role you must ensure that you meet the requirements for the accompanying apprenticeship programme.

The eligibility requirements for the apprenticeship programme are as follows:

Right to work in the UK.
Resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. If you are not a UK citizen, all of this 3 year period must not have been for full-time education.
Level 2 maths & English qualifications (i.e. GCSE grade C or 4 and above, or Functional Skills level 2, or equivalent). Please note: if you do not hold these qualifications, you may be able to undertake these alongside the apprenticeship – this will be reviewed on an individual basis during the recruitment process.
Minimum level 5 qualification (or evidence of ability and commitment to study at level 6).
Not undertaking any other courses/programmes during the period of the apprenticeship.
Have not started an NHS-funded psychological professions training programme within the previous 2 years.

Please note, your eligibility will be checked during the shortlisting process.

You will be emailed with an eligibility checklist which you will need to complete and return, alongside accompanying documentation, within 3 working days so that your eligibility for the apprenticeship can be reviewed.

The interview date is due to be confirmed, but has provisionally been booked in for the w/c 7th July.

We are hosting an information evening on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 3rd June 5pm – 6pm. Please use the link below to join the event where you will have the opportunity to speak to our Lead PWP’s and some of our current trainees to gain more insight into the role.

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3114190894795?p=fLReSeIvaTodMDjRCf

How to Apply:

Complete an online application form and refer to the job description/person specification when completing it. Please ensure you structure your statement by listing and answering the criteria on the personal specification as failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

Please note, if you do not hold one of the qualifications listed in the Job Description/Person Specification, you must provide evidence, on the basis of prior experience and other educational achievement, that you have the ability to study at level 6 and have the potential to pass all skills-based assessments within the programme.

If shortlisted, you will be invited to a recruitment day. Please be prepared to attend for the whole day on the above date.

Please ensure you read and complete the pre-interview questionnaire attached as a document on this vacancy and get in contact with us if you have any queries.

All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Education to degree level / ‘Level 5’ qualification / evidence of equivalent experience

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to manage the academic requirement of PWP training
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good IT skills

Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of direct clinical contact with patients who have experienced a mental health problem such as depression or anxiety disorders.
Experience of working effectively in a team

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to work under pressure
Able to be self-reflective

Desirable criteria

Fluent in languages other than English

Skills

Essential criteria

Able and willing to travel to locations throughout the organisation
To work flexibly within and outside of office hours

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Rachel Balster

Job title

Step 2 Lead

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

01865 901222

Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Rachel Balster

Job title: Step 2 Lead

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 01865 901222