Counsellor/Psychological Therapist

Job summary

You will be the Counsellor/Psychological Therapist for ABL Health and support our Health Improvement and Weight Management Services across Oldham.

ABL Health aims to empower individuals and communities towards a healthier future by promoting health awareness. The Counsellor/Psychological Therapist integrates psychological theory with therapeutic techniques to help people overcome and deal with problematic life events and mental health issues. They engage people and their communities to help identify barriers whilst empowering them to overcome these.

Main duties of the job

As a Therapeutic Practitioner, you will deliver person-centred, evidence-based psychological and therapeutic interventions to adults accessing targeted weight management and physical activity programmes. Working under the line management of ABL Healths Obesity and Families Lead, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support assessments, facilitate psychological and risk assessments, and contribute to client formulations and appropriate care pathways. You will help clients explore complex and sensitive issues relating to weight, behaviour, relationships and personal circumstances, using appropriate assessment tools and therapeutic approaches to support meaningful change and prepare them to engage with weight management interventions. You will maintain accurate and detailed client records, prepare for and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, case reviews, peer supervision and relevant multi-agency meetings, including safeguarding discussions where required. You will provide professional advice to support care planning, contribute your knowledge and expertise to improve service outcomes, and ensure interventions are inclusive and responsive to people from diverse cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, using interpreters where necessary. Clinical supervision will be provided.

About us

ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities and stakeholders.

Details

• Date posted: 21 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £26,500 to £30,000 a year Pro rata part time
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
• Reference number: E0343-26-0032abl934
• Job locations: Room 417, 2nd Floor Chambers Business Centre Chapel Road, Oldham, OL8 4QQ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose:

The role is designed to provide support to individuals digitally and via telephone.

The role involves assessment of clients referred and provision of individual therapy sessions.

The role includes ensuring the therapeutic support provides a clear, evidence based, effective and consistent service for all clients.

The role will continuously develop methods and resources that result in improved/effective wellbeing and behaviours for adults.

This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will work with you to drive the service forward.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management of ABLs Obesity and Families Lead. The role provides therapeutic interventions to adults of different ages accessing targeted weight management programmes.

Key responsibilities will be:

To work effectively and collaboratively to ensure the successful operation of therapeutic provision within the Therapeutic programme with ABL Health.

To be a part of a multi-disciplinary assessment. To facilitate psychological and risk assessments to aid the development of client formulations and care pathways.

Support individuals to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive and personal information related to their presentation. This will include deconstruction of current interactional patterns of behaviour and meaning around weight issues and complex relationships, creating methods for client centred analysis of change, aided by the use of assessment tools.

To prepare and participate in peer supervision and case reviews with other psychological therapists regularly across the organisation.

Maintain accurate and detailed case notes and client records utilising digital systems and databases.

To attend virtual team meetings and contribute to agendas and discussions. Prepare fully in accordance with service for Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings (MDT) and complete relevant paperwork (such as MDT proformas), updating client records as appropriate.

To provide effective individual interventions, with the aim of helping clients prepare to engage in the targeted weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions.

To provide person centred or integrative psychotherapy, employing methods based upon evidence. To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of individuals from a wide range of ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. Working with interpreters might be required.

To contribute knowledge, skills and ideas with the aim of optimising the outcomes of targeted weight management programmes and/or physical activity interventions within the limits of ones trained role capacity and competency.

To participate in multiagency meetings as appropriate, safeguarding case conferences and reviews, etc. providing professional advice on individual care programme planning and other clinical matters as necessary.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice and that of others.

To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients/service users in your care.

To read relevant current literature and stay up to date with developments and initiatives in psychological and group therapy for obesity treatment.

Clinical Supervision will be provided in house by a qualified and experienced psychotherapist and a supervisor and it is independent of line management.

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced therapist in a community health environment, assisting and delivering support to individuals referred to service.

Experience of working with diverse communities within varied cultural environments.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).