IAPT Counsellor (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapist) - Remote

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main purpose of this is to work with our clients to assess the suitability of psychological interventions as well as formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programmes for them.

Providing high quality clinical and case management supervision and delivering quality clinical sessions to clients and patients whilst keeping up to date with advances in psychological therapies.

The key duties of the job are split across Clinical, Professional and General objectives

CLINICAL

o Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.

o Assess clients for suitability for Counselling / therapy.

o Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

o Adhere to a mutually agreeable activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient, in line with both Local, National and Service targets.

o Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.

o Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.

o Work closely with other wider teams and staff ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.

o To undertake risk assessment and risk management and, where appropriate, identifying patients whose safety needs might need to be escalated / managed in a time sensitive manner.

PROFESSIONAL

Keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines and legislation set by the Department of Health (e.g. IAPT Manual, NHS Plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence) and Primary Care Services

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of psychological therapies.

Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with line management structure on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

Attend clinical / case management supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.

Participate in individual performance reviews / appraisals and respond to agreed objectives.

Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuous Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback.

GENERAL

To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.

To adhere to Connect Healths Policies and Procedures, including clinical risk, safeguarding, other relevant measures and frameworks.

All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the GDPR and Security and Confidentiality Policies.

In line with meeting the needs of the service, be able to work flexibly e.g. working from several different premises or working in the evening as required.

Any other reasonable tasks.

Why work for Connect Health?

We are dedicated to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and rewarding our colleagues. We continue to reward our staff with competitive salaries and a great range of employee benefits. These include:

A minimum of 5% of your hours is bespoke personal development time

A proven roadmap to Consultant-level practice for those that wish to develop this level of capability.

Access to an internal network of Consultant clinicians (medical and AHPs) that provide leadership, educational, research and clinical support.

Access to the full content (live and recorded sessions) of the Connect Clinical Education Academy

Access to support and engagement with our entire MDT clinical workforce via

o Emergency clinical on call rota

o Clinical supervision

o Coaching and mentoring

o Online clinical resource and chat network

o Internal conferences and study days

o Clinical support tools/pathways

Up to 30 days holiday (plus public holidays)

option to buy additional annual leave

an additional day off for your birthday

online discounts portal

employer pension contributions

salary sacrifice schemes

an employee assistance programme

performance related pay rewards

team building/away days

reimbursement of professional body membership fees for clinicians

These benefits are our way of saying thank you to our colleagues.

The best thing about Connect Health? For me its the opportunity to develop and be part of an organisation that arent afraid to innovate whilst keeping the patient at the centre of everything we do. Connect Health MSK Clinician, Spring 2022

Person Specification

Person Specification

Essential

• Qualified to Degree, MSc, MA, or Diploma level in Counselling.
• BACP/UKCP accredited.
• Significant counselling experience post qualification
• Competence in and possession of a recognised theoretical model of counselling.
• Sound knowledge of the associated issues facing this client group, including relevant legislative frameworks in relation to mental health and child protection.
• Sound knowledge of NICE approved clinical interventions within an IAPT programme or similar.
• Ability to meet the BACP (or equivalent) competencies for telephone and video working.

Desirable

• Successfully completed or willing and eligible to work towards Ideally Completed the IAPT compliant modality Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) or Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) Courses.
• Experience of providing a counselling intervention within primary care or IAPT setting.
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
• Willingness to contribute to and assist in the development of strategies for service development that will make the service provision accessible to all clients.
• Experience of using electronic case management systems such as IAPTus.
• Qualification in another IAPT compliant counselling modality.
• Psychology or other health related undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Connect Health Group Limited

Address

Heart Of Hounslow Centre For Health

92 Bath Road

Hounslow

TW3 3EL

Employer's website

https://www.connecthealth.co.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)