Job summary
Do you share our passion for great
patient care and making a difference?
Do you want career opportunities and
great CPD opportunities?
DHC Talking Therapies is a successful,
dynamic and growing service. We are looking for talented individuals to join
our team and offer the opportunity to help us shape and develop the service as
it expands and changes to meet the needs of our service users in a more
integrated way of working in the community.
We have an excellent reputation for a
quality and well-run service with great recovery rates as well as great clinical
supervision, CPD and career opportunities.
Our hubs provide a great working environment.
If a hybrid role is important to you, you can choose to work from home for up
to 3 days a week: onsite allowance is an additional 2.5% of basic salary for
every day worked on site per week.
We are looking to recruit motivated and
passionate, professional counsellors to provide Person-Centred Experiential
Counselling for Depression interventions for a wide range of clients as part of
our expanding NHS Talking Therapies service.
We will ensure you have a committed team
to work with and support you. This
includes reflective supervision, case management, clinical skills and group
supervision, as well as regular line management, daily duty support and
excellent CPD opportunities (e.g. PCE-CfD supervision training or other
modalities including Couples Therapy for Depression).
Main duties of the job
You will be an enthusiastic, hard-working, positive individual and have a genuine interest in
helping clients who have a range of moderate to complex depression related
presentations for which PCE-CfD is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
The post-holder will
work within the NHS talking therapies service providing high intensity
interventions and will be a valued member of an ever growing, well supported
team of therapists.
We actively
encourage new ideas and support our therapists to develop innovative ways of
working with clients. We offer a mix of 1:1 and group work.
Whilst this is an in
person role, there is opportunity for some remote working if desired. On site
working provides a friendly and supportive atmosphere, provides diversity in
the role and ensures that all of our clients needs are met.
Ideally, we are
looking for candidates seeking full time employment, but will consider part
time for excellent candidates who can work a minimum of 3 days per week.
You must have full accreditation or professional registration with BACP, NCS, UKCP, BPS, AOC and/or BPS.
Please refer to the attached job description for the qualifications, competencies, skills and experience required for the role.
About us
DHC
Talking Therapies is part of DHC, a GP Federation dedicated to supporting
general practice in Surrey by providing high quality healthcare. We are patient focused and pro-active community-based provider of a wide range of
quality healthcare services including elective care, Talking Therapies, and community
healthcare. We develop health services that help our patients stay well, are
efficient and meet the needs of our local stakeholders. We are registered with
the CQC (Care Quality Commission) and are an accredited AQP (Any Qualified
Provider). We value our team, providing strong leadership with great
professional development in a fun and friendly working environment.
DHC is well placed to influence the wider
system in making good choices for our population and is working at the centre
of the local health system to evolve and deliver integrated care, which requires
strong partnerships with many organisations. In all of our services, we aim to
put the patient at the centre of their care.
Benefits:
Competitive salaries and career development
A great place to work
NHS Pension scheme and minimum of 27 days
annual leave (plus Bank holidays)
Potential
for flexible working and buying or selling leave
We
provide opportunities for training and career development.
Membership
of the NHS pension scheme
DHC
actively encourage and promote diversity, ensure all voices are heard and
included and are committed to equal opportunities for all.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
Full accreditation or professional registration with BACP, NCS, UKCP, BPS, AOC and/or BPS
PCE-CfD practitioner qualification or eligibility to work towards this qualification
- Experience of completing assessments and high intensity counselling with people who have experienced mental health difficulties, preferably in primary care.
- An ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
- Access to a suitable and safe working environment to work from home part of the week.
- Skills to manage your own workload under pressure and meet agreed targets.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively and develop a good rapport with clients and colleagues.
- An ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- A positive can do attitude and the commitment to support the mental health and wellbeing of Surrey residents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
Full accreditation or professional registration with BACP, NCS, UKCP, BPS, AOC and/or BPS
PCE-CfD practitioner qualification or eligibility to work towards this qualification
- Experience of completing assessments and high intensity counselling with people who have experienced mental health difficulties, preferably in primary care.
- An ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
- Access to a suitable and safe working environment to work from home part of the week.
- Skills to manage your own workload under pressure and meet agreed targets.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively and develop a good rapport with clients and colleagues.
- An ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- A positive can do attitude and the commitment to support the mental health and wellbeing of Surrey residents.
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation
- Full range of skills and competencies in delivering counselling based interventions
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients in person and using digital platforms
- Proficient IT skills including data systems and working virtually using online platforms
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Competent in carrying out risk assessments and taking appropriate action in line with service protocols
Desirable
- Trained in provision of counselling supervision
- Completed clinical audits within a service
Qualifications
Essential
- Full accreditation with BACP, NCS, UKCP, BPS or NACC
- Band 7 role: PCE-CfD qualification
- Band 6 role: Meets requirements to deliver Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression
Desirable
- Relevant experience in Primary Care treating anxiety and depression.
- Counselling supervisor qualification
- PCE-CfD supervisor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS Talking Therapies service
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation
- Full range of skills and competencies in delivering counselling based interventions
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients in person and using digital platforms
- Proficient IT skills including data systems and working virtually using online platforms
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Competent in carrying out risk assessments and taking appropriate action in line with service protocols
Desirable
- Trained in provision of counselling supervision
- Completed clinical audits within a service
Qualifications
Essential
- Full accreditation with BACP, NCS, UKCP, BPS or NACC
- Band 7 role: PCE-CfD qualification
- Band 6 role: Meets requirements to deliver Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression
Desirable
- Relevant experience in Primary Care treating anxiety and depression.
- Counselling supervisor qualification
- PCE-CfD supervisor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS Talking Therapies service
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
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).
