High Intensity Counsellor

Band 7 Counsellor posts include a range of Service related duties alongside provision of clinical sessions. Duties may include Screening, Triage supervision, clinical supervision, championing lead areas, wait list and pathway management and audit & research. Experience in these areas is highly desirable, however training can be provided.

Applicants are likely to have experience of working with adults in an NHS Service, and to qualify for Band 7 would need experience in at least one IAPT approved modality. A supervision qualification is desirable.

The posts can be recruited to at two bandings, dependent on experience and qualifications:

Band 7: We seek experienced clinicians who have an interest in applying clinical practice in a variety of other ways to develop the service performance and clinical outcomes.

The post offers a range of developmental opportunities including Screening, Supervision, lead areas, waiting list/pathway management, audit & research. Experience is highly desirable; however, training can be provided.

Band 6: Where Band 7 criteria have not yet been fully met, it may possible to consider suitable candidates to join the service at Band 6. The retention of the post will be conditional on achieving qualification in an additional IAPT modality within an agreed time-frame.

You should be an Accredited or Registered Counsellor or Psychotherapist with the BACP, UKCP, BPC or an equivalent professional body.

The Counselling Team is a friendly, highly experienced and supportive team of clinicians. The post holder will receive regular supervision and support from the senior management team, as well as benefit from support and guidance from colleagues, regular reflective practice, and highly specialist CPD. Clinicians work collaboratively across the wider Service which has close links with our Community Mental Health Hub and local organisations and charities.

The Service is open Monday - Wednesday 8.00am to 8.00pm and Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm. Posts are offered with a minimum of 3 days (22.5hrs) per week, one day of which must be a Wednesday and one evening shift to 8pm is required. The Service offers telephone, video and face-to-face sessions dependent on patient need. Staff currently work with a balance of office and home-based practice, with a generous allowance made for home-based working.

CNWL Psychological Therapies works across two main Hubs at St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing in the north of the borough and Gertrude Street in the south. The Service forms part of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.