Health and Social Care Careers

This career stems from a government initiative to provide more widespread access to psychological therapies for individuals suffering from common mental health problems.  Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners are trained to provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to individuals with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. A psychology degree plus experience of working in a mental health area are often sufficient to gain employment in a trainee role.  

This role usually involves working with a Clinical Psychologist to help deliver psychological services to a particular client group. This could be assisting with assessment, treatment, research or service evaluation. The client group may include adults, children, the elderly or those with learning disabilities. A good degree and evidence of interest and experience in mental health are usually prerequisites for this role.

These roles often involve working with disadvantaged communities in order to help promote their welfare through education and training, engagement with services and developing community resources.  A psychology degree plus an awareness of the difficulties facing disadvantaged communities are sometimes sufficient to gain employment in this role.

This role involves supporting individuals with mental health problems as part of a multidisciplinary team. For example, one of the duties might involve helping someone to learn independent living skills, or assist in their participation in community activities. A degree in psychology is not essential for this role, but a good knowledge of mental health, and the problems experienced by those with mental health problems, usually are.