[Hiring] Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Manager @Spectrum.Life

Role Description

The PWP Manager provides integrated clinical and operational leadership to a team of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners delivering NHS Talking Therapies Step 2 low-intensity CBT interventions within Spectrum.Life. This is a dual-function role — 50% clinical and 50% operational — reporting into both the Head of Operations (solid line) and the Clinical Director (dotted line). This structure reflects the clinical reality of PWP management and is required for NHS Talking Therapies compliance.

This role exists to:

• Ensure PWPs practise safely, competently, and within the tightly defined PWP scope of practice set out by the NHS Talking Therapies Manual (2023), NICE guidelines, and BABCP accreditation standards.
• Provide direct clinical supervision and case management — a core function of this role, not a delegated activity.
• Manage the operational performance of the PWP team against NHS Talking Therapies access and quality targets.
• Act as the clinical safety net for the team, ensuring risk is appropriately assessed, managed, and escalated.
• Bridge clinical and operational functions at team level, ensuring service pressure never compromises clinical integrity.

Qualifications

• BABCP accreditation as a PWP or BABCP accreditation as a High Intensity CBT therapist.
• Formal training in low intensity CBT interventions, including guided self-help, behavioural activation, worry management, structured problem solving, and/or sleep restriction.
• Completion of a recognised PWP Supervisor Training Programme (NHS Talking Therapies-aligned).
• Where degree-level entry: minimum undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent professional experience.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience as a practising PWP across the full Step 2 range; or for BABCP-accredited HI CBT therapist applicants, minimum 2 years direct experience delivering low intensity CBT interventions within an NHS Talking Therapies Step 2 service.
• Minimum 12 months experience providing clinical supervision or case management to PWPs, either formally or informally.
• Demonstrable experience of managing clinical risk at Step 2 and working within stepped care escalation pathways.
• Experience of working within an NHS Talking Therapies or equivalent IAPT-compliant service, with working knowledge of IAPT-standard outcome measures and data requirements.
• Experience of managing caseloads, supervising others' caseloads, or contributing to service performance management.

Benefits

• Competitive salary (Dependent on experience).
• Remote Working.
• 25 days annual leave.
• 24/7 EAP and a wide range of health and wellbeing support.
• The opportunity to work in a strengths based and inclusive way and contribute to a bigger shift in changing societal attitudes towards mental health and wellbeing.
• Remote Supervision.
• Opportunities to develop your skills and expertise through learning and training.
• The chance to contribute to the development and shaping of a new and exciting service.
• Extensive list of employee perks and benefits: Employee Perks .
• Weekly individual clinical case management supervision meeting, minimum one hour, aligned to NHS Talking Therapies Manual requirements.
• Structured CPD programme with protected time for professional development and BABCP / BPS registration maintenance.
• Technology that works with you; digital infrastructure designed to support clinical delivery and reduce administrative burden.
• Clear stepped care governance with no ambiguity about your scope of practice.
• A team led by clinical leaders with deep NHS Talking Therapies and IAPT experience, people who understand what it means to do this work well.
• Opportunity to help shape a new model of evidence-based EAP care that could influence how low-intensity therapy is delivered at scale.