Job overview

As part of CNTW North Cumbria Talking Therapies provide a range of evidenced 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 a wide range of professionals, including 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 are a diverse team with practitioners from a range of backgrounds including medical, mental health, social services and psychology, to name a few.

As a service we are committed to ongoing action to embrace diversity and working to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all staff and patients. 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.

Clients can self-refer or be referred by various health care professionals.  As a service we are currently offering a combination of Face to Face and remote working (telephone/video) either from one of our bases or working from home. This offers an opportunity for improved work/life balance. 

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, short term, evidence-based counselling to people with common mental health problems. Counselling is delivered both remotely and at a variety of locations

The role will involve

·       delivering brief psychological interventions at both step 2 and at step 3. You will be seeing clients who are struggling with mild to moderate Depression (Step 3),  mild to moderate eating disorders (all at step 2) and will be expected to offer appropriate interventions in line with current NICE guidelines.

·       To meet agreed clinical activity targets

·       To liaise with other professionals as appropriate

·       To undertake regular clinical supervision to ensure professional development and safe practises 

The successful applicant will be a qualified and experienced counsellor, who is accredited. They will also be expected to hold the Person-Centred  Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCECfD) qualification required for the band 7 position . 

You will need excellent communication skills and will need to be comfortable working both alone and as part of the wider team. 

A qualification and experience in supervising would be desirable.

Working for our organisation

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Benefits of joining our team

To work as part of a locality team within North Cumbria Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression.

To provide high quality evidence-based therapy to people with common mental health problems, self-referred or referred by GP’s/other health care professionals).

To work as part of the existing Mental Health service structure across the Trust. Establishing and maintaining appropriate links with both Primary and Secondary care elements of the service.

Working 22.5 hours per week, arranged flexibly within service hours where service permits. We would consider suggestions of any reasonable working plan to balance service needs and personal preferences.

·       Staff benefits include:

       Pension, discounts and staff support services.

·       Flexible working opportunities

·       Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff

·       Annual leave entitlements.