High Intensity Counselling for Depression Supervisor

Job overview

We are recruiting 2 full time permanent Counselling for Depression Supervisors to join the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service.

Welcome!  The Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service is a busy caring team consisting of Administration staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners, and Counsellors. We deliver Talking Therapies to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse and growing modern towns, surrounded by the stunning Shropshire countryside.

Our NHS Talking Therapies team is a great place to work. We have recently redefined our service offer, including a new leadership structure, and we need your help with the continued development of the new ways of working.

Working as part of the clinical team, you will provide supervision to High Intensity Therapists, and will be instrumental in the oversight and delivery of quality in the service.

You will work closely with the Highly Specialised Modality Leads, Clinical Leadership team and  Strategic Operational Lead to ensure clinical governance and the quality of clinical work remains consistently high.

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical supervision (including case management, clinical skills and reflective practice) of High Intensity Step 3 clinicians within an NHS Talking Therapies service, in an individual and group format.

You will ensure supervisees work safely and professionally, adhering to NHS Talking Therapies Manual, NICE guidelines and professional/service guidance.  The post holder will be responsible for their own, small caseload. This will involve the assessment and appropriate treatment of people presenting with mental health problems, working within a Talking Therapies team.

As the clinical supervisor you will attend regular supervision with the Highly Specialised / Senior Therapist for that modality and may have additional areas of responsibility for clinical service development as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

The post holder will:

• Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation. Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
• Provide clinical & caseload supervision to High Intensity (CBT therapists) as the main element of their working week to ensure clinical accountability.
• Provide high intensity interventions for service users that meet the service criteria for Step 3 therapy.
• Be accountable for own professional actions and matters of clinical judgement.
• Attend to own clinical supervision (including meta supervision) and line management supervision.
• Make reasonable adjustments, when working with diverse populations, to enable equal opportunities for all.
• Manage own time and performance effectively in line with service demand.

See attached job Description for full details.