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- Prif leoliad
- Adult Mental Health
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser
- Rhan-amser
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 333-J-BR-0644
- Cyflogwr
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Brent Talking Therapies
- Tref
- Kingsbury, London
- Cyflog
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
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- 22/05/2024 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Senior Counsellor
NHS AfC: Band 7
Trosolwg o'r swydd
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and accredited counsellor to join Brent Talking Therapies Service (IAPT) located in the diverse and vibrant community of the London borough of Brent. This is a Senior Counsellor role including clinical and supervisory responsibilities.
You will join a large and well integrated team with experienced staff, fellow supervisors, trainees and colleagues. You must have experience of delivering brief focussed counselling in a primary care setting, and also of offering formal supervision to other staff either in Talking Therapies or in other settings.
Applicants must be BACP Accredited (not just registered), on the UKCP register or NCS Accredited Professional. Please ensure you provide the correct Registration Number in your application as we will confirm .
We are also looking for applicants who have completed a qualification or are in the process of completing training in an IAPT approved modality (such as DIT, Couples counselling for Depression, BCT, IPT or CFD).
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
You will provide a clinical service to adults with common mental health problems in the borough of Brent, and be responsible for the supervision of qualified and trainee counsellors within the Brent Talking Therapies Service.
This role is a good opportunity for those who also wish to develop their leadership skills. You will be responsible for waitlist management, allocating people referred into the service to the most appropriate intervention and to therapists with the most appropriate training and skills to meet their therapeutic need and provide their care. The post holder will also undertake other senior duties as delegated by the Clinical Lead and Joint Lead Counsellors for the service.
Interview date: TBC
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Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
For information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role of senior counsellor, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Manyleb y person
Education/Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Qualified and Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist, current Registrant on the Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register of Counsellors (BACP, BPC, UKCP, NCS [Accredited Professional], COSCA, UKAHPP) OR Qualified Counselling Psychologist, current registrant with the HCPC
- Substantial post-qualification experience of generic counselling (minimum of 450hrs client contact), demonstrable through an additional supervisory reference
- Continued professional development that includes learning/knowledge of other clinical modalities and theoretical models
- Formal post-qualification supervision training on an accredited course of at least one year’s duration.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialized areas related to primary care mental health eg. DIT, IPT, CfD, Couples Counselling for Depression, mental illness, clinical risk assessment, CBT principles
- Specialist Supervisor training in an IAPT modality including DIT, IPT, CfD, Couples Counselling for Depression
- Attended a management or High Intensity Supervisor’s training
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of working as a qualified counsellor with specialist post-qualification experience in the NHS, including substantial post-qualification experience within primary care
- Specialist level of experience of brief focused counselling, including undertaking assessments, including risk assessment.
- Experience of professional management and supervision of qualified and pre-qualified counsellors in the NHS in a primary care setting.
- Experience of working with a wide range of clients over the age of 16 years and including older adults presenting with mild to moderate degrees of severity of mental illness.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ emotional care and treatment including maintaining confidentiality and client records.
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural context.
- Experience of supervising the clinical work of at least two counsellors working in a primary care setting, tested through written verification by at least one referee.
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of managing a specialist and independent caseload
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working as a qualified counsellor with specialist post-qualification experience in the NHS
- Experience in consulting with General Practitioners to provide specialist expertise in the field of mental health and counselling in primary care.
- Experience of collaborative work with other mental health professionals working in secondary mental health services
- Experience of teaching and training in professional and clinical areas to other counsellors or similar.
- Experience in service planning, development and management within the NHS.
- Experience of working within an IAPT service
- Experience of working within an IAPT service
Knowledge and Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Specialised post-qualification knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic techniques underpinned by theory, acquired through further substantial training or experience and specialist supervision to Master’s degree or equivalent level
- A high level of skill in assessment for short-term counselling, including risk assessment, and application of evidence-based interventions and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in providing professional and clinical supervision, management and training to qualified and pre-qualified counsellors.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BACP or other relevant professional bodies including fulfilling professional clinical supervision requirements.
- Ability to work independently and manage a caseload, with freedom to act and take decisions about patient care, under supervision.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and clinically sensitive information to clients and professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to propose changes to service and service delivery and implement policies relating to service provision, including the ability to contribute to policy discussions at a wider organizational level
- Ability to co-ordinate the recruitment, training and supervision of counsellors on placement
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach which considers the needs of the whole person.
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Competency in providing brief focused counseling using an evidence based approach eg focal psychodynamic, client centred, solution focused, humanistic etc
- Knowledge of more than one model of intervention and the evidence base for choosing different interventions.
- Familiarity with mental health policies in relation to primary care counselling
- Familiarity with issues around clinical governance.
Other
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- Commitment to the evaluation of services especially within own specialist area, an enthusiasm for service improvement and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
- To demonstrate emotional resilience and stability. Ability to establish and maintain working relationships under pressure.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of personal psychotherapy.
- Personal experience of mental health difficulties as a user or carer
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Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Tasneem Shikoh
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Counsellor (Joint)
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 020 8206 3924
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