Counsellor

Job overview

14 Arches, Staff Psychology and Counselling, is a psychology led service, which delivers specialist psychological support to NHFT colleagues. The team currently consists of two part-time Principal Psychologists, who are the Joint Service Leads; Senior Psychologists and Counsellors.

You would be joining the 14 Arches team at an exciting time of service expansion, in order to meet the needs of a growing NHFT workforce. We are recruiting additional Band 6 Counsellors (1.5 WTE permanent) to join the team. The role comprises working directly with individuals and groups, providing training and supporting the development of the service. This will include offering short-term counselling to individual staff around a concern which is impacting them at work. It may also involve facilitating group sessions for staff related to psychological wellbeing as well as presenting about the service and providing training sessions relevant to staff wellbeing.

The post will be line managed by one of the Joint Service Leads. Regular clinical supervision will be provided by either a Senior or Principal Psychologist within the service. We also hold regular reflective practice sessions within the team and encourage engagement with a Community of Practice for counsellors working in NHS settings.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to:

• Deliver short term counselling interventions to NHS staff for a range of presenting issues
• Contribute to the development and delivery of psychologically informed groups to promote staff wellbeing
• Provide initial assessment of clients presenting with multiple and complex issues; select appropriate therapeutic interventions, make decisions regarding referrals to specialist services and facilitate these as needed.
• Undertake safety assessments/formulations and development of safety plans for individual clients.
• Manage safeguarding concerns and share information to ensure safeguarding in accordance with local and national policy.
• Deliver service presentations, teaching/training sessions according to service need
• Contribute to service evaluation, audit and research
• Attend and contribute to team meetings
• Contribute to service development, identify areas for improvement and propose changes to service delivery and working practices.
• Provide induction and in-service training to pre-registration counsellors and trainees.

Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required commensurate with the grade and/or hours of work at the post holders initial place of work or at any other of the Trust’s establishments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description/person specification under the Supporting documents section, for full details of the role.

We also welcome enquiries from applicants about the role, if you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact the Joint Service Leads; Dr Marianne Welford, (marianne.welford@nhft.nhs.uk) or Dr Anna Richards, (anna.richards@nhft.nhs.uk) to arrange a time.

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.