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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-G-HM-0716 Vacancy ID: 7266423

Senior High Intensity Counsellor Co-Lead for Counselling

Closed for applications on: 3-Jul-2025 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 3-Jul-2025 00:01

Location

Site: Hillingdon Talking Therapies
Address: Beaufort House, Cricket Field Road, Uxbridge
Town: Hillingdon, London
Postcode: UB8 1QG
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Agile working combining remote work and site based sessions.)

Salary

Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 pa inc HCAS pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide clinical supervision, training, operational and management expertise to the service. To lead on service developments in Hillingdon Talking Therapies and work alongside the co-Lead for Counselling and other lead clinicians and support the Clinical Lead in their role.

To provide clinical and operational management for staff in the counselling team and manage the daily operations of the service. To support the Clinical and Operational Lead to meet commissioned targets and to work within the framework of national requirements, to support a productive and excellent counselling provision.

To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and to other, non- professional Carers.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Hillingdon Talking Therapies Service policies and procedures.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the Service. The postholder will be required to work flexibly and respond to service needs accordingly e.g. with regard to cover Service Level Agreement arrangements.

The postholder will be involved in recruiting, supporting and managing a team of Band 6 and 7 trainees, counsellors and psychotherapists, modality supervisors and other qualified Talking Therapies staff as appropriate. The postholder will also undertake senior duties delegated by the Clinical and Operational Lead such as providing senior clinician cover for the service, supervision of duty and triage systems and other tasks as appropriate.

The post holder will contribute to the development of Hillingdon Talking Therapies, including forthcoming plans for service expansion, developing community links and in developing liaison links with stakeholders such as GPs and other healthcare providers and improving self-referral processes. The postholder will support the Clinical and Operational Lead to ensure that national guidelines are adhered to in line with the national programme, targets are achieved and that the clinical governance arrangements are in place.

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

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria

Post-graduate diploma, masters degree or doctorate in Psychotherapy, Counselling, or Counselling Psychology
Further training in a brief model of counselling or psychotherapy. Educated to Honours degree level
Must be accredited with the BACP or the UKCP, or equivalent professional body (e.g. NCS Accredited Professional, BCP, BPS or HCPC). Accreditation and Registration as Counsellor, Psychological Therapist or Psychotherapist,
Recognised supervision qualification or accreditation from an accredited supervision course of at least one year’s duration.

Desirable criteria

Post-qualification training in one or more additional evidence-based approaches to treatment in primary care mental health and IAPT e.g. DIT, IPT, CfD
Post-qualification specialist training from a substantive academic programme in mental health, clinical risk assessment, CBT principles

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive relevant post qualification clinical experience including working in a primary care setting and work with brief, focussed approaches and interventions.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Experience of service development and management of people and resources
Working knowledge and experience of a range of psychological therapies including time limited therapy as well as working to a theoretical model that is evidence-based and appropriate for brief, focused interventions appropriate for common mental health problems
Experience of interdisciplinary working within the NHS. Experience and/or training in management and leadership
Experience in assessment and provision of therapy with complex cases.
Experience of designing, implementing and reporting on evaluation and research projects
Experience of working in adult mental health services.
Experience of interdisciplinary working within the NHS. Experience and/or training in management and leadership

Desirable criteria

Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of staff from a range of clinical backgrounds. Experience of supervising any of the IAPT compliant high intensity interventions eg DIT, IPT, Couples Counselling
Experience of supervising any of the IAPT compliant high intensity interventions eg DIT, IPT, Couples Counselling
Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology to different cultural contexts.
Experience in working in with diverse patient groups & in different care settings such as outpatients, inpatient services.

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within a multicultural framework and actively promoting diversity in the workplace and in clinical provision

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological therapies/counselling assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Highly developed psychological therapies and counselling skills
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or Clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
Clinical leadership skills and skills in line managing a staff group
Knowledge of the IAPT programme; excellent management & supervisory skills; good IT skills; excellent organisation, prioritisation and delegation skills

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Experience of leading and carrying out research projects and interpreting data using statistical analyses.
Proven ability in carrying out clinical audits