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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk

(source: Central and North West London NHS Foundation NHS Trust website)

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Address: 350 Euston Road; Regent's Place; London; London; NW1 3AX
Contact Number: 02032145700

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Ref: 333-J-HA-0606 Vacancy ID: 6643096

High Intensity Counsellor

Closed for applications on: 4-Oct-2024 00:02

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 4-Oct-2024 00:02

Location

Site: Harrow Talking Therapies
Address: 12-14, Station Road, Harrow (opp Harrow Civic Centre)
Town: London
Postcode: HA1 2SL
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Band 7 counsellor)
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (22.5 hours per week)

Salary

Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 Pro rata inc HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main area: Mental Health

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Overview of Main Responsibilities

CLINICAL

Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessment of patients referred to the CNWL Talking Therapies Service for High Intensity Counselling, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of quantitative and qualitative sources including self-report measures, rating scales, assessing for suitability of the treatment.
Ensure the outcome of assessment is communicated to the referring agent and other professionals involved.
Determine suitability of the approach and refer on unsuitable individuals to appropriate agencies and/or provide advice, including psycho-education, as appropriate.
Formulate and implement plans for the specialist psychotherapeutic treatment and/or management of patients' mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of those problems derived from a broad theoretical knowledge of counselling, and employing methods based upon evidence of proven efficacy within modality. It is expected that the postholder will treat patients across the range of severity.
Be responsible for implementing a range of specialist High Intensity Counselling, and other IAPT modalities interventions for individual patients, couples and groups, adjusting and refining psychotherapeutic formulations as practice and experience demand, and drawing upon different explanatory models and objective IAPT modality framework/s to maintain a clinical individualized focus whilst maintaining ethical and legal standards.
Comply with caseload and set activity requirements which include number of contacts and recovery rates, for a High Intensity post as per IAPT national guidelines and local IAPT implementation board.
Regular and prompt entry of clinical data relating to patients on caseload and make it available for supervision and for the patient as required.
Regularly monitor and evaluate therapy programmes and progress, using objective measures where appropriate, and communicate this to referring agent and other professionals involved as appropriate.
Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, developmental and cultural processes and systems, which have shaped the individual.
Include family members and others involved in clients’ problems in therapy programmes, where and if necessary.
Assess and deliver therapy programmes in the community or GP Surgery and other settings within the service, as necessary.
Discharge patients as appropriate and arrange follow-up as appropriate on completion of therapy. Ensure outcome and follow-up of treatment is communicated to the referring agent and other professional involved as appropriate.
Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,
treatment, discharge and onward referral of patients whose problems are managed by psychotherapeutic interventions.
Assess and manage clinical risk to self and others. Involve other agencies as appropriate.
Adhere to relevant professional codes of conduct, policy and guidance of Accreditation requirements for individual registrants on the Professional Standards Authority register of
Accredited Counsellors including UKCP, BACP, BPC etc.
Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data-entry and recording, report writing for the purposes of personally generated clinical, audit, teaching and research information.
Exercise responsibility for professional self-governance in accordance with the HCPC, BPC and BACP and other relevant professional codes of practice and conduct and Trust policies and procedures.
Develop and maintain knowledge of local resources and relationships with relevant statutory, voluntary and community groups and organisations.
Develop and propose innovative responses to identified needs of the diverse and multi- cultural community the service serves in collaboration and consultation with colleagues from
CNWL Talking Therapies IAPT Service and other relevant teams and agencies.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Qualification from a BACP/UKCP/BPC approved Diploma in Counselling or Psychotherapy
Professional Accreditation on the Professional Standards Authority register of Accredited Counsellors (MBACP [Accred], UKCP, BPC, HCPC, or Other
Practitioner qualification in an accredited IAPT modality
OR [Band 6 Developmental Entry]: Readiness to train and obtain qualification in an accredited IAPT modality (DIT, IPT, PCE CfD, CTfD)
Critical understanding of the relevance of studies of human development, psychopathology, psychology, social issues and evidence-based practice.

Desirable criteria

Supervisor qualification from a substantial Counselling and/or IAPT modality supervision course
Additional training in specialist areas eg LTC, Perinatal, group facilitation, clinical risk assessment
Qualified/Registered Mental Health Professional

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working as an Accredited High Intensity Counsellor with highly specialist post-qualification experience of assessment and brief counselling treatment of adult patients in a primary care mental health setting or similar, and presenting with problems that reflect a wide range of clinical severity.
Experience of working in the NHS or an IAPT service or other primary care setting, providing specialist expertise in the field of brief Counselling interventions.
Experience of assessing clinical risk in the context of common mental health problems.

Desirable criteria

Specialist psychotherapeutic working experience.
Experience of teaching, training and supervision, and providing specialist expertise.iding supervision
Experience of the application of psychotherapy in difference cultural and diversity contexts
Experience of managing an independent and specialist caseload.
Research skills and knowledge and aptitude.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Competency in working within a recognised theoretical framework.
Skills in psychological assessment for High Intensity Counselling and other treatments
Ability to draw on an evidence base in the choice of clinical interventions.
Well-developed skills in the effective communication of highly complex and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
Knowledge of the psychotherapeutic role, ability to take clinical decisions about patient care, within professional expertise.
Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
Ability to work independently and autonomously. To plan, organise and prioritise own work and patient caseload.
Ability to treat people with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach which considers the holistic needs of the person.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of more than one model of Counselling or High Intensity therapy and the ability to choose and apply different interventions
Knowledge of the academic literature of the specialty.
Experience in the theory and practice of assessment of specific groups (e.g. complex needs, personality disorder, somatoform disorders, persons with additional disabilities etc).
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the specialty and mental health generally.
Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
Knowledge of issues around clinical and information governance.
Ability to provide clinical interventions in mother tongue language/s other than English
Experience of working in multidisciplinary settings.