Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Counsellor/Psychologist to join an established IAPT service (Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies) working in community venues and providing a range of NICE compliant Step 3 High Intensity Psychological Interventions.
Health in Mind is an innovative and exciting service provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The service provides primary care level mental health & wellbeing interventions to people with common mental health problems across East Sussex. Each locality in the Service consists of a multi-disciplinary team with CBT Therapists, Primary Care Counsellors/Psychologists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners and Employment Advisors.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
Main duties of the job
A key ethos of the service is to facilitate timely, convenient and non-stigmatic access to IAPT counselling and psychotherapy interventions ensuring that individuals benefit from a good quality and flexible service that meets their needs. In order to achieve this, your duties will include:
- Providing therapeutic interventions to a range of clients with anxiety and depression related problems, including those who present with more complex issues.
In addition, expectations for a band 7 post would include:
- Providing clinical supervision to counsellors and trainees,
- Contributing to and taking responsibility for some local service systems and developments under the guidance of the local clinical lead,
- Offering support and guidance to other counsellors regarding clinical work and service issues
- Providing a counselling perspective on client presentation and referral pathway to other mental health practitioners in the local team.
About us
From the popular seaside destinations of Brighton, Hastings and Eastbourne, to the culture-rich historic towns of Lewes and Battle and the sweeping countryside locations within the South Downs and Wealden, East Sussex is a beautiful place to work and has so much to offer.
Working at Health in Mind will provide you with diverse and interesting opportunities to gain experience in a variety of settings and environments. We receive referrals through a number of routes including self-referrals and those by General Practitioners. We work closely with our Service-User Steering Group to refine and improve the service we offer to meet the needs of the local client group. Furthermore, we place emphasis on staff wellbeing and participation and have a dedicated Staff Wellbeing Champions Team working in close cooperation with a highly committed and friendly leadership and staff team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
We are looking for:
- A qualified and experienced Counsellor or Psychologist Accredited with the BACP or equivalent professional organisation, or a Practitioner Psychologist registered with HPCP
- A therapist with experience in offering clinical supervision (for the band 7 post)
It would also be advantageous if you have experience working in an IAPT service
WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU?
- The opportunity to work in a successful service and be an integral part of our current service expansion
- Excellent supervision structures, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Opportunities to join project steering groups to shape the service
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- Market leading NHS pension scheme
Flexibility is built into our service, and different working patterns are offered to suit the diverse needs of our team members although these will need to fit around availability of clinical space as well as meeting and supervision time. We are an 8-8 service, so a percentage of our appointments are offered after 5pm or before 9am in order to meets the needs of our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
We are looking for:
- A qualified and experienced Counsellor or Psychologist Accredited with the BACP or equivalent professional organisation, or a Practitioner Psychologist registered with HPCP
- A therapist with experience in offering clinical supervision (for the band 7 post)
It would also be advantageous if you have experience working in an IAPT service
WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU?
- The opportunity to work in a successful service and be an integral part of our current service expansion
- Excellent supervision structures, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Opportunities to join project steering groups to shape the service
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- Market leading NHS pension scheme
Flexibility is built into our service, and different working patterns are offered to suit the diverse needs of our team members although these will need to fit around availability of clinical space as well as meeting and supervision time. We are an 8-8 service, so a percentage of our appointments are offered after 5pm or before 9am in order to meets the needs of our service users.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- A recognised professional qualification in Psychotherapy or Counselling or Counselling Psychology, (i.e. a minimum two year post-graduate (or equivalent) qualification comprising no less than 450 hours programme contact and including no less than 200 hours supervised counselling practice).
- Accreditation with British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), or the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Qualified and accredited in delivery of a specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), across a range of presenting problems maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Demonstrable competence in the delivery of a psychological therapy and a track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care and NHS settings
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
- Knowledge of the theory, practice and evidence base of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service.
- An ability to work drawing on the evidence base for effective interventions beyond a single model of therapy
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- A recognised professional qualification in Psychotherapy or Counselling or Counselling Psychology, (i.e. a minimum two year post-graduate (or equivalent) qualification comprising no less than 450 hours programme contact and including no less than 200 hours supervised counselling practice).
- Accreditation with British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), or the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Qualified and accredited in delivery of a specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), across a range of presenting problems maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Demonstrable competence in the delivery of a psychological therapy and a track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care and NHS settings
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
- Knowledge of the theory, practice and evidence base of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service.
- An ability to work drawing on the evidence base for effective interventions beyond a single model of therapy
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
