Job summary
- Main area
- Counsellor and Supervisor
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 201-24-309
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Talking Therapies
- Town
- Countywide / Remote Working
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum/Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Counsellor
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
We are recruiting a Senior Counsellor with skills in the practical application of NICE recommended modalities in particular Person-centred Experiential Counselling for Depression.
The post holder will provide both individual and group supervision for PCE-CfD therapists within the team and PCE-CfD supervision training would be provided to support them in doing so.
It is important that the post holder has been qualified at practitioner level for a minimum of 2 years in this approach and are experienced and confident enough to support trainee PCE-CfD Practitioners offering up to 20 sessions to clients.
They would carry a small caseload of their own PCE-CfD clients to continue to keep their practice up to date. Being qualified in another modality such as Interpersonal Psychotherapy or Couples Therapy for Depression also would be highly desirable for this post and supervision training would also be available in this area as and when appropriate.
The post holder would also take on other senior duties within the team to support the Counselling and Psychotherapy Professional Lead and be part of the duty rota for the service as well as undergo complex assessments.
We welcome applications from Accredited counsellors/psychotherapists. You would be joining a small team of Senior Counsellors.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced counsellor and supervisor holding a recognised qualification, accredited with BACP/UKCP/NCS and potentially IPTUK.
This is a faced-paced role, carrying responsibility at Senior level for the implementation of supervision in the service to support the Counselling and Psychotherapy Lead. The post holder will work in the Talking Therapies service to assess, formulate and implement psychological interventions under the guidance of supervision and within the parameters of a Talking Therapies service. You will need to be able to work on initiative, be well organised and flexible to providing adequate support for clinical work.
The post holder will be responsible for offering independent clinical supervision both one to one and in groups. You will also take part in designing and delivering CPD events and other relevant tasks. You will be working with individuals experiencing low mood/depression. All Talking Therapies counsellors/psychological therapists are required to deliver high quality services through the use of routine outcome measures, evidence-based treatment, electronic record and data management systems, participation in clinical and management supervision.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Advanced Diploma in Counselling and/or Psychotherapy Practice
- BACP, IPT-UK, UKCP or NCS or equivalent Accreditation status
- IAPT Modality (PCE-CfD, IPT, CTfD) Practitioner Qualification status
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications and Experience as a Supervisor in an IAPT Modality
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development in an IAPT-compliant counselling modality and willingness to continue this.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Gormley
- Job title
- West Cornwall Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information about Counselling within the Talking Therapies service please contact Laura Matthews, Counselling and Psychotherapy Professional Lead, [email protected].
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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