Psychological Therapist
Marine Court, Littlehampton, West Sussex 30 hours per week
£Wednesday and Thursday in office, (option to work from home or in office Tuesday and Fridays)
The Fire Fighters Charity offers specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community, empowering individuals to achieve mental, physical, and social wellbeing throughout their lives. The Charity offers a broad range of services tailored to meet individual needs.
We are looking to appoint a Psychological Therapist to work collaboratively with our multi-professional team at our Marine Court site to deliver our residential programmes providing therapeutic intervention and education to groups and individuals, both in person and digitally.
Pension: 8% pension contributions (All pension contributions are paid by the Charity on your behalf. Optional salary sacrifice pension contribution scheme
Paid Annual leave: 25 days’ holiday rising to 27 plus Bank Holidays (prorated)
Life assurance: Access to wellbeing support tools
As a Psychological Therapist, you will be tasked with providing exceptional short-term psychological support to members of the fire and rescue community.
Working via online and telephone interventions and centre-based activities, you will form part of our incredible multi-professional team to ensure our service users get the right support, delivered in the right way and at the right time.
You will provide group and 1:1 support to improve psychological health and wellbeing. You will also work digitally to triage risk, assess need and identify treatment plans for service users accessing mental health services.
You will be one of two Psychological Therapists in the services team based at Marine Court, and be a member of the wider Psychological Services team across the Charity.
To be considered as a Psychological Therapist, you will need:
A recognised qualification in psychology (clinical, counselling or health psychology), counselling or psychotherapy
To be a registered member of an appropriate professional body (psychological, counselling or psychotherapy)
Evidence of current continuing professional development appropriate to the role
To be an integrative practitioner with experience of working within the mental health field
Experience working in a multi-professional team delivering holistic interventions, alongside physical health and social welfare practitioners
Experience of conducting telephone assessments and risk assessments
Experience of delivering individual and group interventions aimed at improving psychological wellbeing
The demonstrable ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels both verbally and in writing, together with sound judgment skills
To be IT competent, able to use standard Microsoft packages and Customer Relationship Management / electronic recordkeeping systems
An Enhanced DBS check will be required prior to commencing your role. The Charity is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. This is role is at least 2 days a week Centre based. There may be some requirement for occasional travel for training or wider team meetings.