Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, Hailsham, East Sussex

Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

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Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, Hailsham, East Sussex

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

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Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist psychological therapy service to clients, their families or carers. The role includes: Offering therapeutic interventions to a range of clients with depression related problems, including those who present with more complex issues. To offer Counselling either Face to face, via online platform or telephone as required. Delivering initial assessments to assess for suitability for accessing treatment within the service and formulating what treatment would be most appropriate to support their needs.

  • Offering clinical supervision to counsellors and trainees
  • Contributing to and taking responsibility for local service systems and developments under the guidance of the local clinical lead.

    Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Couples Therapy for Depression (CTFD) If you are an accredited Counsellor who has not completed an NHSTT specific modality training you may be eligible for a Band 6 Psychotherapeutic Counsellor in development where you will be offered the opportunity to train in one of the above modalities. Once training is complete you would then progress to a Band 7 Psychotherapeutic Counsellor role. These are full time roles (37.5hrs a week) though we will consider applications from those that wish to work 3 or more days or flexibly. Our service covers the whole of East Sussex (with the exception of Brighton and Hove) and the successful applicant will be assigned to a specific area on successful appointment. One weekday evening until 8pm is required.

    The client's experience of our service is very important to us. We work towards supporting clients in their recovery by offering evidence-based therapy with therapists who receive regular and supportive supervision and regular CPD. We promote service user involvement. Health in Mind has a Service User Steering Group which provides valuable input to our service design and delivery. We care about our staff. We have a staff-wellbeing-champions team, and are committed to staff engagement. We know that for our clinicians to do a good job they need to feel supported. There is opportunity for varied and flexible working patterns and these can be discussed in the interview. We are keen for our clinicians to grow. We aim to offer staff individual appraisals with the opportunity to become involved in a range of activities, such as group-based interventions, teaching, supervision and service development