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Want to work from home whilst delivering mental health support that will make a real difference?

We are looking for a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to work within our fully-remote Psychological Therapy Service. Vita Health Group is an award-winning specialist within Mental Health, providing people with psychological wellbeing support and treatment who have been referred through the UK's leading businesses, occupational health teams, government bodies, the NHS and insurance groups. We assist and work with both employers and employees in addressing overall health and wellbeing which positively impacts absenteeism and presenteeism.

To achieve our ultimate aim of making people better we recognise importance and benefits of investing in our team. We provide:

• Focus of staff wellbeing through away days, staff events, wellbeing champions and initiatives
• Flexible approach to working through remote and homeworking options
• Day to day clinical support and leadership
• Excellent clinical supervision in accordance with IAPT Manual and IAPT Supervision guidance
• Ongoing CPD opportunities
• Opportunities to progress clinically as well as into Leadership roles as part of longer-term career development
• A friendly and supportive work environment with an overall culture of energy, solution focussed and excellence in both our service delivery and support to our team

The Role:

• Your main role as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within our Psychological Therapy Service is being responsible for providing high volume low intensity CBT interventions to clients with Common Mental Health Problems. Your clinical practice will be influenced by the clients needs which could include supporting them to improve work related performance and/or to return to work.
• You must be able to conduct high quality telephone, video and computerised triage assessments to support clinical rationale for treatment or signposting
• VHG have a highly successful service and you will be offered regular clinical skills supervision, case management supervision and CPD to support you to achieve the best results possible for your client.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• A Low Intensity graduate/postgraduate certificate
• Experience of providing low intensity interventions for common mental health problems
• Experience of providing both telephone and video assessments and treatment
• Able to achieve clinical outcomes and meet agreed performance targets
• Excellent time management and organisation skills to manage own caseload
• Excellent communication skills
• IT skills – Microsoft Office/Patient record systems
• An awareness of and commitment to supporting and facilitating diversity and inclusion
• Willingness to travel, which may include overnight stays on occasion, as and when required

Desirable:

• Experience of supporting people to improve work related performance or return to work
• Experience of or interest in working with occupational health and corporate clients with common mental health problems

Our Benefits:

• Remote working
• Enhanced annual leave
• Sick pay (after successful completion of probation period)
• Access to Health Cash Plan.
• VDU eye test reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Program
• £500 finder’s fee when recommending someone to join the company (T&C's apply)
• Enhanced maternity/paternity, fertility and adoption schemes
• Access to exercise/wellbeing classes
• Employee Awards

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers/

To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. To support this we have a dedicated team of EDI specialists and run a range of active in-house diversity networks.

We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

• Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
• Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
• Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview.
• Our sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
• Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
• The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• An embedded “speaking up” culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact [email protected] and we will arrange.

VHG is committed to supporting transgender individuals with dignity and recognises the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at [email protected] to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check.

Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months.

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.