Job Title: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Location: Huntingdon
Salary: £32k – £35k Per annum DOE
Job type: Permanent / Part-time (3 days per week)
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is one of the best Fire and Rescue Services in the country. In our last inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) we were noted as good, specifically around promoting the right values and culture, getting the right people with the right skills, ensuring fairness, promoting diversity, managing performance, and developing leaders.
Our vision is for a safe community where there are no preventable deaths or injuries in fires or other emergencies. To achieve this, we put people at the centre of everything we do. Without our welcoming, friendly, and supportive environment we would not be the Service we are today.
The role:
Are you currently working as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or hold a comparable qualification? This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our forward-thinking Fire and Rescue Service.
If you like every day being different and want to work with our dynamic frontline colleagues and support teams then this role would be great for you!
This role sits as part of our in-house Occupational Health team, working with colleagues in OH and stakeholders across the wider organisation to deliver the organisation’s mental wellbeing strategy. You will ensure appropriate provision and interventions to support positive mental wellbeing, with a particular focus on developing and implementing successful preventative measures including supporting colleagues to take proactive personal responsibility for their mental health and wellbeing.
About you:
You will have a clear passion within your area of expertise and bring that enthusiasm with you into CFRS. The Service is a fantastic and unique organisation to be part of and your positive and proactive approach, experience and knowledge will help us on our journey.
We will look to you to have the following:
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification (or comparable qualification)
- Knowledge and understanding of both the individual and organisational impact created by focusing on positive mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
- Knowledge and understanding of current and emerging best practice in the field of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace including knowledge of the different value brought by preventative and reactive measures and up to date knowledge of relevant legislative background.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the emotional intelligence to be able to quickly build effective and credible working relationships (internally and externally) and draw the confidence of stakeholders at all levels.
- Able to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, drawing together varying views ideas and perspectives into meaningful agreed plans of action. Ability to engage the appropriate internal or external resources in order to make progress.
- Able to consult with, coach, inspire & advise leaders and employees on issues relating to mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, and to influence stakeholders as appropriate without diminishing their views ideas and perspectives.
- Able to work under pressure in a complex and sometimes emotionally demanding role. Proactively and positively looks after own mental health and wellbeing in order to both maintain personal and professional resilience in the workplace, and to role-model to others the need to and value of being mentally healthy and well at work.
- Experience of providing interventions as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Experience of marketing and targeting techniques to publicise mental health and wellbeing services and initiatives in the workplace, to facilitate increased awareness and usage within an organisation.
Why work for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS)?
We promote the right values and an inclusive culture by:
- ensuring fairness, promoting diversity and developing colleagues to achieve their potential
- being Disability Confident employer
- providing health and well-being support
- offering flexible, agile hybrid working
- having Inclusion ambassadors, a network and working groups for protected characteristics
- supporting anyone going through or affected by the menopause.
Our offer:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Health Cash Plan
- A competitive pension scheme.
- Access to Blue Light Discount at 100s of stores & events
- Access to Health Shield Perks Discounts
- Family friendly policies – including flexible working.
- Great Learning & Development Opportunities
- 24 days annual leave each year plus bank holidays, increasing with long service
- Parking (site specific)
- Flexible, agile, hybrid working.
- Generous maternity pay.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Support Worker, Home Care Worker, Carer, Housing Assistant, Social Worker, Residential Care Worker, Support Worker, Senior Support Assistant, Social Carer, Residential Care Support, Social Care, Care Assist, NVQ2, QCF, Mental Health Support, Mental Health Advisor, Wellbeing Advisor, University Mental Health Advisor, Wellbeing Support Advisor, Mental Health Support Advisor, will also be considered for this role.
