Band 6 / 7 Counsellor

Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership, Barnet Talking Therapies are looking for a counsellor who is empathetic, caring and committed to time limited therapy in the NHS, to join our successful counselling team. We are a well established team of therapists including CBT practitioners, PWPs with counsellors being well integrated within the service.
Your training might be psychodynamic, person centred, integrative or existential and you should be accredited with the BACP, on the UKCP register (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. Our service works to a hybrid model, we offer sessions to our clients in person or via a video platform, which means you will be required to work at our sites in Edgware or Finchley as well as working remotely. As an employer we support flexible working.
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. We will also support you getting onto an IAPT training programme and progress towards a band 7 position if you are appointed to a band 6 post.
We are an equal opportunity employer and are keen to recruit people that reflect the diverse communities we serve., + To provide a qualified time limited counselling service to Step 3 clients of the Barnet 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.