Band 6 / 7 Counsellor | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, Burnt Oak, Barnet
Band 6 / 7 Counsellor | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
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Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, Burnt Oak, Barnet
- Part time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted today, 5 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: fa22278be78e494d9ce95fc3cafb2a57
Full Job Description
- 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. The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the 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.