Job overview
Ealing NHS Talking Therapies, launched in 2008, is one of three services within West London NHS Trust. We are a large, established team of over 70 staff and continue to expand. Based mainly in Ealing, we have more than 16 clinic rooms and two open‑plan offices, and we also run clinics across the borough in areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Many team members have been with us since the start.
As a qualified therapist, you’ll receive weekly clinical supervision, monthly line management, and monthly step‑3 clinical skills sessions. Our hybrid model supports clinicians in meeting accreditation requirements. We also operate a daily duty system with prompt debriefs for new assessments.
We offer all Talking Therapies‑approved modalities, including EMDR, DIT, IPT, BCT, and CfD, and strongly support CPD. Staff regularly access shared training with neighbouring services in H&F and Hounslow, covering areas such as complex PTSD, LTC, OCD, and perinatal work. We are also one of only two London services offering a therapeutic exercise group, “Running to Better Health,” which consistently shows strong recovery outcomes.
Staff wellbeing is a priority, supported by a new QI project and confidential reflective groups. To meet community needs, we run evening clinics (until 8pm) Monday–Thursday. Shifts include 8am–4pm and/or 12pm–8pm. Ealing Talking Therapies is an excellent place to further develop your clinical skills.
Main duties of the job
We would love to hear from you if you are a qualified modality practitioner with postgraduate training in counselling, psychotherapy, or counselling psychology, fully accredited with BACP or UKCP, and trained in one or more Talking Therapies–approved specialist modalities. You should be able to demonstrate strong therapeutic relationships and be an inspirational, collaborative team player with excellent communication skills, committed to improving access to psychological therapies across Ealing.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible or part‑time hours. You will need experience in risk management and assessment, formulation, and treating disorders appropriate for Talking Therapies. Any gaps in experience can be supported through our comprehensive CPD and supervision programme, alongside regular debriefs and senior duty cover.
We particularly encourage applications from clinicians interested in service development within ethnic minority communities and supporting improvements in treatment outcomes and equitable access.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We’re .
Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Post-graduate training in counselling, psychotherapy or counseling psychology or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in counselling or psychotherapy
2. Fully accredited with the BACP or UKCP (psychotherapeutic counsellor)
3. Professional registration with the appropriate body E.G. Professional Standards Authority (PSA) or Health Professions Council (HPC)
4. To have completed training in one or more Talking Therapies approved specialist modality trainings: Dynamic Interpersonal therapy (DIT) Counselling for depression(CFD) Couples Therapy for Depression (Tavistock) Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) EMDR
Desirable criteria
5. Qualification in clinical supervision
6. Qualified Supervisor in Talking Therapies approved modality therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an Talking Therapies service
8. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
9. Experience at working with psychological Therapies at a specialist level.
Desirable criteria
10. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
11. Experience of the application of counselling in different cultural contexts
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
12. High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Counselling and psychotherapy
13. Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services
14. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
15. Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable criteria
16. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. Medically unexplained symptoms, long term conditions and recognition of personality disorder).
17. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health