Bank Wellness Advisor and Bank High Intensity Therapists

Location
Bristol, England
Salary
£11.58 - £16.71 per hour + Excellent Benefits
Posted
07 Oct 2016
Closes
21 Oct 2016
Ref
OCT20160491
Contact
Vacancy Filler
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Our Client provides support to people with mental health problems across Bristol, North Somerset, B&NES and South Gloucestershire. Our aim is to deliver recovery and wellbeing opportunities for people with mental health and other support needs to achieve their hopes and ambitions.

Bank Wellness Advisors and Bank High Intensity Therapists

Salary: £11.58 per hour (Bank Wellness Advisor) and £16.71 per hour (Bank High Intensity Therapist) - rates include holiday pay

Hours: Ad hoc

Weare seeking Bank Wellness Advisors and Bank High Intensity Therapists to work within 2 new and exciting pilots: the Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) pilot and our private wellbeing service pilot as well as within our well established Wellbeing Therapies Service (WTS).

Within the Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) pilot, Bank Wellness advisors will be delivering Social Prescribing and Step 2 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to older people within their own homes, whilst Bank High Intensity Therapists will be delivering high intensity Step 3 CBT interventions.

Within the Private Wellbeing service pilot, Bank Wellness advisors will be providing 1-1 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions with clients and delivering a range of 1 day health and wellbeing courses.

The posts are based in the WTS which aims to improve health outcomes for the local population through an emphasis on promoting self-management, wellbeing and social inclusion.

You will have:

  • Understanding of the knowledge and evidence base underpinning clinical practice e.g. Cognitive and Behavioural based interventions.
  • Ability to carry out behavioural and cognitive based interventions, and to keep clear and concise records of intervention
  • Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
  • Experience of delivering group work.
  • Applications from Self-employed therapists welcome.

    Closing date - 9am on Thursday20 th October 2016

    Interview date - TBC