Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-SSLB7203656
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bedfordshire Talking Terapies
- Town
- Bedfordshire
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 N/A
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Relational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Are you a relational therapist/counsellor with a Talking Therapies compliant qualification ie. Person centred experiential counselling for depression (PCECfD), Dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT), Interpersonal therapy (IPT) or couples counselling for depression? Are you looking to be part of an innovative and dynamic Talking Therapies service, joining part of an already well established Relational Therapies Team? The post holder will provide high intensity therapies to patients who have experienced anxiety disorders and depression as a result of relational difficulties.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to carry out telephone and face to face assessments, individual and group work as part of their case load. We value experience of delivering therapy in a group format as well as being dual trained in more than one modality.
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and work in various community settings (including GP surgeries) and psychological treatment centres or Children’s Centres. At present, the majority of clinical work is delivered remotely, with a small provision of face-to-face contacts being offered from our clinical bases in Bedford and Dunstable and the surrounding communities.
As a Talking Therapies service we seek to provide ease of access for service users and to this end there will be a requirement to work flexible hours between 8am and 8 pm based on service requirements. Whilst this post is based in Bedfordshire you may, at times, be required to provide cover and assistance to other East London Foundation Trust Talking Therapies teams, for example supervision by the medium of Teams, cross service trainings, etc.
The post holder will be expected to work constructively and flexibly as part of the Bedfordshire Talking Therapies team and with colleagues in other East London Foundation Trust Talking Therapies teams.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.
For contact information please see below.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- CLINICAL / COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGISTS/ Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Or Post-graduate doctoral/masters level training in counselling psychology), trained in or willing to train in an IAPT modality such as PE CFD, IPT or DIT.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
- Qualified in one of the following modalities: Person centred experiential counselling for depression (PCECfD), Dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT), Interpersonal therapy (IPT) or couples counselling for depression
- OR Counsellor/Psychotherapist; trained in or willing to train in an IAPT modality such as CFD, IPT or DIT.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions to patients with common mental health problems
- Experience of running groups
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrate high standards in verbal communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers, clients and other professionals.
- Experience of working in primary care psychological service
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with groups
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety disorders (Social Phobia, BDD, OCD, GAD, Health Anxiety etc) and depression and how these problems may present in Primary Care
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Has received and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Massey
- Job title
- Deputy Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01234 880400
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