Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course) OR equivalent, e.g., Experienced and Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant Primary Care experiences and competences as required.

Desirable

• Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, health, social science, and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working with people with mental health problems.
• Experience of working in IAPT/Primary Care Services and delivering low-intensity interventions.
• Evidence of having worked in a service where agreed targets were in place to demonstrate effective clinical outcomes.
• Experience of using electronic patient management systems such as IAPTUS, PCMIS, or similar.
• Evidence of experience and knowledge of risk assessment and management.

Desirable

• Research/audit experience.
• Evidence of working in the local community.

Knowledge

Essential

• High-level communication skills: written and verbal, including telephone skills
• An ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers, and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
• An ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
• Computer literate.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Desirable

• Fluency in an additional (to English) locally relevant priority language
• Experience in delivering group-based interventions.

PERSONAL

Essential

• An interest in working with people with mental health problems.
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships with staff from all disciplines.
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Ability to work independently, flexibly, reliably, and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 05 May 2026