Employer: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lillyhall Business Centre
Town: Workington
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/01/2025 23:59
Trainee High Intensity Counsellor
Band 6
Hello!
We are delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Job overview
As part of CNTW North Cumbria Talking Therapies, we provide a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for people presenting with common mental health problems such as depression and a range of anxiety disorders. The service delivers interventions within a stepped model of care and our team includes Counsellors, High Intensity CBT Therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, and Employment Advisors.
We are a growing service based in North Cumbria and are continually looking for ways to improve and develop our offerings to clients. We operate 8am-8pm weekdays with some weekend work when required. We welcome applicants from candidates regardless of sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability or religion. We are keen to receive applications from bilingual and multilingual speakers.
Main duties of the job
Trainee High Intensity Counsellor:
* To provide high quality, short-term, evidence-based counselling to people with common mental health concerns accessing our service.
* To attend and fulfil the requirements of the training including supervision from educational providers.
* Counselling is delivered both remotely and at a variety of locations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will involve:
* Delivering brief psychological interventions at both step 2 and at step 3.
* Meeting agreed clinical activity targets.
* Liaising with other professionals as appropriate.
* Undertaking regular clinical supervision to ensure professional development and safe practices.
The successful applicant will be a qualified and experienced counsellor who is accredited and will also be expected to undertake the Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCECfD) qualification training.
You will need excellent communication skills and will need to be comfortable working both alone and as part of the wider team.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations.
* A minimum two-year post-graduate qualification in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Psychotherapy, Counselling, or Counselling Psychology.
* Willingness to work towards completion of Patient Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCECfD).
* A Bachelor’s degree and/or professional training in a health practitioner field.
* Evidence of post qualification training in clinical supervision.
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an NHS Talking Therapies service.
* Experience of working therapeutically with people suffering common mental health problems.
* Experience of assessment processes.
* Experience of identifying and managing safeguarding concerns and clinical risk.
* Experience delivering counselling face to face via video call or via the telephone.
* Understanding of psychological measures.
Skills and Competencies
* Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and as part of a team.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to deliver time-limited therapy effectively.
* Good time management skills and ability to work to performance-managed targets.
Please ensure to check out all of the supporting documents linked to this advert for useful information about working for us.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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