Salary: £38,682 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number: 150-MM1950-PC
We have exciting opportunities to join NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies as an Accredited Counsellor, within our South Team in Worthing and our Health Team in Horsham.
You will provide Step 3 short-term counselling interventions through Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT), or Couples Therapy for Depression (CTfD) within the service.
The Counsellor role is offered at NHS Band 7 for those registered and accredited with the relevant professional body and holding IAPT-compliant modality training.
If not yet IAPT-compliant, training can be provided as part of an IAPT Development Counsellor role (NHS Band 6). You will work within the service while being sponsored to undertake training in an IAPT-approved modality within a year of joining.
You will be fully supported by our management and clinical leads and surrounded by a friendly, highly competent, supportive workforce. We have created a culture that ensures you are happy in your work.
As one of the country’s leading IAPT services, we lead in the provision of NICE-recommended psychological therapies, focusing on clinical excellence and innovation.
* Excellent CPD and career development opportunities
* Regular support, supervision, and training
* Opportunities to engage in interesting and social activities led by a Wellbeing lead in each locality
Main duties of the job
Applicants must be either BACP Accredited, UKCP Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, ACC Accredited, NCS Accredited Professional Registrant, or British Psychoanalytic Council Registered. They must also have appropriate qualifications as detailed in the person specification.
Applicants holding an additional NHS Talking Therapies qualification, such as IPT, DIT, PCE-CfD, or CTfD, are appointed at Agenda for Change Band 7. Those without an NHS Talking Therapies qualification will be recruited at Band 6 and must be willing to undertake training and achieve certification in an NHS Talking Therapies approved module within 12 months. This training is funded by the service.
You will also need to demonstrate extensive experience of treating patients within a time-limited counselling model, as well as experience of providing triage assessments.
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