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Job summary

Main area
Wellbeing Service (IAPT)
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
12 months (Permanent and fixed term roles offered)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
30 hours per week
Job ref
354-PC-20586
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Various locations Brighton & Hove
Town
Brighton and Hove
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 pro rata for part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/05/2024 23:59

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Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

NHS AfC: Band 7

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Led by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and in partnership with YMCA Downslink and Southdown, Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service provides a community-based range of evidence based therapeutic and clinical interventions to support children, young people and adults with mild to moderate mental health needs. Our service is based in the community and located primarily within SPFT venues and GP Practices. We receive referrals from a number of routes including self-referrals and by General Practitioners, working closely with community and secondary care Mental Health services.

Main duties of the job

We are recruiting a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor (30hrs per week) to join our  NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression service.

As an NHS Talking Therapies service (NHS TT) we offer a full range of NHS TT compliant therapies and job roles. As a service we support people presenting with mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression.

As a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor working within the service your main responsibilities will include offering clinical assessments to service users as well as evidence based interventions for clients presenting with depression.

To apply for this role you will need to meet the essential criteria as per the job description and be accredited with the BACP/UKCP. 

Working for our organisation

As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. We can offer you:

  • The opportunity to work in a new and exciting collaboration and to help us forge our path
  • Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
  • Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
  • All the autonomy and responsibility you need to manage your caseload
  • Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
  • A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC

If you want to join an innovative and exciting NHS TT service in the vibrant and diverse seaside City of Brighton & Hove, then we would love to hear from you!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role will include Face to face sessions, remote video and telephone sessions.

As a qualified and experienced counsellor you will be expected to deliver counselling to clients presenting with Depression and work autonomously within the  service.

Experience of working within the NHS and Primary Care Mental Health services desirable.

Experience of supervision or training within an NHS TT compliant modality such as CFD (counselling for depression), Behavioural couples therapy, DIT, IPT, EMDR, LTC are desirable.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further details of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices
  • Professionally Accreditated/Registered as specified in the same Appendix

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post-qualification/accreditation experience in the delivery of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment) across a range of presenting problems
  • Demonstrable competence in the delivery of a psychological therapy and a track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy (as supported by IAPT services: Client centered, Psychodynamic, Integrative (including previous two models), EMDR, IPT etc)
  • Experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in Primary Care setting
  • Experience of working in an IAPT service
  • Experience of delivering Group interventions
  • Training in another IAPT compliant modality such as CFD, EMDR, IPT, DIT or MBCT

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dan Bowler
Job title
NHS TT Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact:

Dan Bowler (Clinical Lead) at [email protected] or Mark Porter (Counselling Lead) at [email protected]

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