# Senior Counsellor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-counsellor/2e462383-1a5b-487b-abc9-f9fcd5b61e3d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-counsellor/2e462383-1a5b-487b-abc9-f9fcd5b61e3d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Islington Talking Therapies (Finsbury Health Centre) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum including HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent: Requirement to be onsite 40% of the time and some out of hours working. - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T12:00:36.534Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/ClinicalCounselling_Psychologist_High_intensity_counsellor/ClinicalCounselling_Psychologist_High_intensity_counsellor-v8188170 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8188170?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Camden and Islington Talking Therapies (TT) are both expanding our counselling team. Would you like to Join us? Camden and Islington TT are looking for a clinical/counselling psychologist/counsellor or an already qualified counselling for depression (CfD) therapist who has completed or eligible to complete a CfD talking therapies accredited course. We are looking for a person who is caring and committed to time-limited therapy in the NHS to join our counselling team. We are a well-established team of therapists including CBT therapists and PWPs with counsellors being well integrated within the service. We have two full time positions available, one each in the Camden or Islington team, please specify which post you are applying for on the application (part time/ job share posts may be considered). There may also be additional permanent posts in Camden or Islington. If you are a counsellor your training might be psychodynamic, person centred, integrative or existential and you should be accredited with the BACP or another appropriate body (candidates who have submitted their portfolios for accreditation also accepted - state this clearly in your supporting statement). You will have excellent spoken and written communication skills. We work to a hybrid model, you will be required to work at our site in Saint Pancras hospital (for Camden) or at Finsbury health centre (for Islington) as well as working remotely. As an employer we support flexible working. ### Main duties of the job Job summary: - To provide a time-limited counselling service to Step 3 clients of the Camden or Islington Talking Therapies Service. - To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to staff from other agencies involved in providing care. - To work to a pattern of clinical hours and in localities that support the needs of the service and local population. - To liaise with local mental health-based services and voluntary community agencies. - To monitor and audit evidence-based practice. - To contribute to policy and service development within the team and the area served by the team/service. - To work within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification required for the post of High intensity Counsellor. We will be committed to helping you continue to progress your career through a range of development and training opportunities, in addition to excellent supervision and peer support. If you are not trained in a TT approved modality (e.g. PCE-CfD, DIT, etc.) or are not a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist you will be appointed to a band 6 post and we will support you in obtaining a place on an Talking therapies recognised modality training programme (e.g. CfD) to progress to a band 7 position ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services - Experience of working in Primary Care Services - Experience of providing evidence-based psychological interventions **Desirable** - Experience of working in an IAPT Service ### Qualifications **Essential** - Accreditation with BACP/UKCP and/or HCPC as a practitioner psychologist, or equivalent accrediting body or eligible for such accreditation - Masters level training or equivalent in appropriate discipline - Substantial post-qualification experience of generic counselling **Desirable** - Specialist IAPT training and accreditation in IAPT approved modality, e.g. DIT, IPT, Counselling for Depression ### Other Requirements **Essential** - High level of enthusiasm and Motivation - Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships - Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality **Desirable** - Fluent in languages other than English ### Skills & Competencies **Essential** - Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients **Desirable** - Completed Talking therapies approved training in counselling for depression or DIT ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 536.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498585) - [nlft band 7 counsellor jd (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10516479) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) - [nlft band 7 counsellor person specification (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10492879) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.