Job summary
NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is a well established, highly performing service.
This is an exciting opportunityto join the team as an accredited counsellor.
The post holder will provide Step 3, short term individual counselling interventions, plus one other NHS Talking Therapies counselling modality, to include either PCE-CfD, IPT, DIT or CTfD.
NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is nationally recognised as a high performing Talking Therapies service, with a reputation for clinical excellence, innovation and collaborative working with secondary care and voluntary services. We provide a range of NICE-compliant psychological therapies for people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and achieve excellent recovery outcomes for our patients. We have good staff retention and an amazing supportive culture. We aim to grow inclusive staff teams, where diversity is valued and the workforce reflects the communities served.
We work with a blended working model allowing for a split of home working and working on site. Interventions are offered face to face, digitally and by telephone. While NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies has bases across the whole of West Sussex, you will be based in our North locality.
Our service ethos places patients at the centre of service delivery promoting mental wellbeing. Emotional resilience is central to the team's activity.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must be either BACP Accredited or UKCP Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, ACC Accredited, NCS Accredited Professional Registrant or British Psychoanalytic Council Registered. Applicants must also have appropriate qualifications as detailed in the person specification.
Applicants must hold an additional NHS Talking Therapies qualification, such as IPT, DIT, PCE-CfD or CTfD.
You will also need to demonstrate extensive experience of treating patients within a time limited counselling model, as well as experience of providing triage assessments.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants must be able to demonstrate a flexible approach and an enhanced ability to manage risk.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
You will receive support and supervision from the Senior Psychological Therapists and will play an active role in our continued service development.
You will have access to our comprehensive professional development programme.
We provide our patients with a service between Monday - Friday 8am and 8pm, so you must be willing to work flexible hours.
The post holder will need to be willing and able to travel across the locality as required.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants must be able to demonstrate a flexible approach and an enhanced ability to manage risk.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
You will receive support and supervision from the Senior Psychological Therapists and will play an active role in our continued service development.
You will have access to our comprehensive professional development programme.
We provide our patients with a service between Monday - Friday 8am and 8pm, so you must be willing to work flexible hours.
The post holder will need to be willing and able to travel across the locality as required.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised professional qualification to Diploma level or equivalent in Counselling or Psychotherapy
- Professional qualification which is recognised by accrediting bodies as listed in the IAPT Manual (BACP accredited, UKCP registered as a psychotherapist/psychotherapeutic counsellor, BPC registered, ACC accreditation, NCS accredited professional registrants)
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Registration/accreditation with relevant professional body: UKCP registration, HCPC, BACP, IPT UK accreditation
- Have achieved accreditation in an IAPT-approved therapy model, such as IPT, DIT, CFD or CCFD
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 150 hours post qualification client contacts
- Worked with a wide range of clients presenting with multiple and complex issues
- Experience and ability to manage own caseload and time
Desirable
- Experience as Primary Care Counsellor
- Experience of team working within the NHS or Primary Care
- Experience of and ability to meet agreed/specified service targets for clinical work
Skills
Essential
- A range of counselling interventions in order to respond flexibly to different client needs.
- Is computer literate and experienced at using email, Outlook, Word, internet
Desirable
- Has used IAPTus or equivalent computerised health record system for keeping patient records
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised professional qualification to Diploma level or equivalent in Counselling or Psychotherapy
- Professional qualification which is recognised by accrediting bodies as listed in the IAPT Manual (BACP accredited, UKCP registered as a psychotherapist/psychotherapeutic counsellor, BPC registered, ACC accreditation, NCS accredited professional registrants)
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Registration/accreditation with relevant professional body: UKCP registration, HCPC, BACP, IPT UK accreditation
- Have achieved accreditation in an IAPT-approved therapy model, such as IPT, DIT, CFD or CCFD
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 150 hours post qualification client contacts
- Worked with a wide range of clients presenting with multiple and complex issues
- Experience and ability to manage own caseload and time
Desirable
- Experience as Primary Care Counsellor
- Experience of team working within the NHS or Primary Care
- Experience of and ability to meet agreed/specified service targets for clinical work
Skills
Essential
- A range of counselling interventions in order to respond flexibly to different client needs.
- Is computer literate and experienced at using email, Outlook, Word, internet
Desirable
- Has used IAPTus or equivalent computerised health record system for keeping patient records
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
