The Role: What you’ll do

We are looking for talented  local IAPT practitioners in West Essex (Harlow and Epping) to join our new IAPT team in West Essex!

We are also offering a sign on bonus for upto £3000, (subject to ts and cs). Eligible applicants will be brand new to Vita Health Group and be within the West Essex area and able to provide face to face interventions as part of their role.

We want to support our employees to find the working arrangements that work best for them, so we look positively on different flexible working patterns, including part time arrangements and term time only patterns. Full and part time positions are available and we offer a mixture of remote and office based working.

We provide high quality supervision, a friendly and supportive work environment with an overall culture of energy, solution focus and excellence in both service delivery and support to our team. We have a commitment to staff wellbeing enabled via wellbeing advocates, buddy systems, regular contact with peers and the leadership team and more.

We welcome newly qualified practitioners and are keen to speak to therapists who can help us make a real difference to the local community. 

Vita Health Group is committed to maintaining and continuously build a strong workforce by offering:

• Agenda for change salary scale
• High quality supervision which is essential for further career development
• Continuous professional development
• Excellent opportunities for career progression as our company continues to grow.
• Highly visible leadership and staff empowerment.
• Encouragement for innovation
• Prioritising staff wellbeing enabled via wellbeing advocates, buddy systems, regular contact with peers and the leadership team.
• Flexibility to working pattern for staff to promote work/family balance.
• A friendly and supportive work environment with an overall culture of energy, solution focus and excellence in both service delivery and support.
• Equal opportunities with a commitment to EDI
• Provision of high-quality equipment
• In-depth induction for all new starters with ongoing friendly buddy/mentor support
• A day off on your birthday!

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We work in partnership with the NHS, support the UK’s largest companies to help support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers. We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience - we Make People Better.

Vita is fast growing, innovative and ambitious. If you would like to be part our journey and join a company that offers outstanding personal development, flexibility for a work/life balance and a genuine focus on delivering exceptional services then we would love to hear from you.

Your skills and background:

Essential:

• High Intensity IAPT Qualification (Post Graduate Diploma)
• BABCP accreditation 
• Be confident in using IT equipment
• Experience working with people with common mental health problems
• Awareness of and commitment to supporting and facilitating diversity and inclusion

Desirable:

• Experience in working in Primary Care
• Competent use of other IT packages eg PowerPoint, excel, access
• A car driver
• Other IAPT qualifications i.e. EMDR, Couples for Depression, MBCT 
• IAPT Supervision Qualification 

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience.  We work in partnership with the NHS, support the UK’s largest corporate companies to help assist their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance, support with continued professional development and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view in full on our website.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. 

We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

• Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
• Our status as a Disability Confident Committed Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
• Our participation in Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme which supports us in ensuring all LGBTQIA+ staff are free to be themselves in the workplace.
• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS2), Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
• The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will arrange.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. 

Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months. 

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.

Vita Health Group