Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to provide an essential role in CWP and to meet staff who deliver many roles across the Trust. The role requires someone who is enthusiastic about supporting our staff in CWP to perform their roles to the best of their ability in working for a Mental Health Trust.
This primarily involves plenty of experience in delivering therapy to people with a wide variety of referral issues and the ability to manage and support a team of therapists. The role can also involve providing a response to critical incidents in the Trust and attending key meetings on behalf of the Head of Service.
Main duties of the job
This requires excellent communication skills and the ability to make clinically informed decisions. You will need to be a good team player and have the ability to work autonomously with your own caseload.
You will oversee referrals coming into the Service and, at times, liaise with Occupational Health staff and managers. This requires a good understanding of the limits to confidentiality and keeping appropriate boundaries.
The role requires you to deliver clinical supervision to the therapists, and experience will be essential. You will also line manage the therapist team and conduct appraisals as well as other line management responsibilities.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation, and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services. We also offer up to three weeks' induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values in their everyday life, and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated behaviours, and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in therapeutic counselling, or equivalent.
* Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate in another therapeutic modality
* Clinical Supervision Qualification at Post Graduate Level
* BACP, BABCP, UKCP accredited (or relevant professional body)
* Member of BACP or other relevant professional body.
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
* Demonstrate an understanding of common mental health problems and how they may present
* Demonstrate a knowledge of the issues surrounding employment and the impact it can have on mental health.
* Demonstrate an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.
* Knowledge of child protection issues and other relevant legislation.
* Skills in conducting assessment and brief therapy interventions, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, carers, and professional colleagues.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of clinically relevant experience in working in a health care setting.
* Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
* Ability to manage own caseload and time to ensure the service capacity is utilised effectively.
* Experience of using and analysing clinical software data set and service user feedback.
* Experience of assessment and brief counselling interventions with clients.
* Experience of managing referrals and waiting lists.
* Experience of liaison with other professionals
* Supervised clinical experience of at least 750+ hours working as a qualified counsellor.
* At least 4 years' supervised experience of brief work with adult clients with mild-moderate psychological problems.
* Experience of delivering clinical supervision to individuals
* Experience of delivering reflexive supervision to groups
Desirable
* Experience of working with other public sector and/or 3rd sector services.
* Experience of online and/or telephone therapy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Redesmere
Chester
CH2 1BQ
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