Level 6 Certificate in Psychological Wellbeing Practice

A psychological wellbeing practitioner (PWP) is a mental health worker who supports patients experiencing common mental health difficulties. PWPs often practice within NHS talking therapies services or other similar organisations. They are trained to carry out patient-centred interviews and deliver low-intensity interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy. The interventions delivered by PWPs include psychoeducation groups, computerised or text-based support, and 1:1 guided self-help treatment.

Overview:

• Designed for employees from a wide variety of personal, academic or vocational backgrounds and/or with lived experience
• Candidates are required to have experience of working in a setting (voluntary or statutory) where they have engaged with people experiencing mental health or emotional difficulties
• This apprenticeship develops skills and practical experience in Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LICBT) for the treatment of patients with common mental health difficulties
• Delivered nationally by clinical academics and researchers through blended learning, comprising in-person and interactive online teaching to maximise study flexibility
• Upon successful completion, apprentices will be fully qualified to work as PWPs within Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services and eligible to apply for entry to the PWP register of the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Successful completion will enable trainees to work as fully qualified PWPs within IAPT services with eligibility to apply for entry to the PWP register of the British Psychological Society. The success of the PWP psychological profession has spearheaded recognition of a wider Practitioner workforce by the Psychological Professions Network.

Approximately 20 per cent of an apprentice's contractual working time will be given over to study. Our model is designed to be flexible around the needs of apprentices and workloads. No weekly day-release is required, mitigating disruption of their daily role and ensuring maximum flexibility.

The blended learning format incorporates:

• Lectures, Narrated Powerpoints/Panopto or live teaching via Teams.
• Competency development supervised role play sessions will be synchronous and engaged in face-to-face* and online.
• Q&A sessions, blogs, tutorials and quizzes to support learning.
• The apprentices will also take part in self-practice self-reflection sessions and role-play for development of competence.
• Clinical educators on the course from CEDAR, bringing strong expertise in the field directly relevant to the classroom.
• Regular clinical skills supervision, and individual LICBT clinical practice.
• Following the last day of the required IAPT curriculum delivery apprentices will receive regular supervision until the end point assessment.
• Apprentices have on average one day a week ‘off the job’ training and a further day a week on average for independent ‘University-directed learning’ related to the academic demands.