About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Accredited Counsellor, Psychotherapist or Counselling Psychologist to join our team at Brent Talking Therapies. We are a large, well-established service based in a diverse borough of London providing low and high intensity therapies at Step 2 and Step 3, alongside our Step 3 counselling service. We are passionate about the work we do and care provided to service users, and work by the trust values of compassion, respect, empowerment, and partnership.
As part of a team of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP), CBT Therapists, and Counsellors, you will provide brief, focused counselling using an evidence-based approach such as focal psychodynamic, client‑centred, solution‑focused, or humanistic. Ability to deliver therapy in local languages is desirable.
Responsibilities
* Provide a systematic time‑limited assessment and counselling/psychological therapy service to people with common mental health difficulties within the Primary Care setting.
* Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
* Provide consultation to referring GPs and primary and community care teams about psychological therapy aspects of patient care and a range of mental health issues; attend primary care meetings where appropriate.
* When necessary, arrange onward referral of patients to other NHS and non‑NHS teams and organisations in consultation with the referring GP.
* Work as part of local mental and physical health services to provide a clear patient pathway for patients receiving a range of psychological therapies and interventions.
* Provide comprehensive and timely clinical information when referring within and between these teams and services.
* Liaise with voluntary organisations and other mental and physical health agencies over patient care and provide advice around primary care issues; have extensive local knowledge of associated services.
* Use analytical and judgement skills across complex presenting facts or situations in devising an appropriate response and intervention.
* Responsible for keeping clinical records and maintaining patient records in secure locations across sites; ensure any patient‑identifiable data is not carried outside of these NHS premises or between sites.
Qualifications and Experience
* Accredited on the PSA Accredited Register for your professional organisation (BACP, BPC, COSCA, NCS, UK AHPP, UKCP, HCPC). Provide the correct registration number in your application.
* Counselling Psychologists must be checked against the HCPC Register and have experience within a counselling role.
* Competent in delivering brief, focused counselling using an evidence‑based approach such as focal psychodynamic, client‑centred, solution‑focused, or humanistic.
* Experience providing therapy in local languages is desirable.
* Worked in the past two years with adults experiencing common mental health problems in a primary care/IAPT or NHS setting.
* Extensive experience of assessments and enjoying independent work.
* Comfortable working within a fast‑paced, busy setting with diverse populations and a desire to develop clinical skills and access further training.
Working Conditions
* Full‑time post; part‑time applicants welcome with flexible working patterns as long as core service commitments are covered.
* Staff combine remote working and on‑site presence to deliver face‑to‑face appointments and other service commitments that require a hub‑based presence.
* Required to work across two hubs – Fairfields House in Kingsbury and Bell House in Willesden Green – and in other parts of the borough (e.g., GP surgeries, community settings).
* Post‑holder may be required to work at any time between 8 am and 8 pm on weekdays, including an evening clinic as required by the service.
Benefits
* 27 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service.
* NHS discount.
* Opportunities for career progression.
* Support for further training in a specialist IAPT modality (Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Counselling for Depression, and Couples Counselling for Depression) to progress to a Band 7 IAPT High‑Intensity Counsellor with the service on completion of training.
We operate an agile working policy and are committed to professional development for our team members.
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