Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Macmillan Cancer information and Support Centre team at North Manchester General Hospital, working as a Macmillan Counsellor and Psychological Support Co-ordinator.
Main Duties
As Macmillan Counsellor and Psychological Support Co-ordinator, you will manage and develop the established counselling service for cancer patients and relatives at the hospital. You will be responsible for volunteer counsellors recruited into the team, assigning them to clients as appropriate, as well as delivering appropriate psychological therapy for clients yourself where required.
You will work closely with cancer teams at North Manchester General who refer clients to the service, as well as the Macmillan Counsellor and Psychological Support Co-ordinators on other MFT hospital sites, ensuring parity of provision across the Trust.
Responsibilities and Requirements
The successful candidate will have a recognised professional qualification, diploma, or be working towards a master's degree. They will be a member of a recognised professional body, such as BACP Accreditation or UKCP, and be accredited or working towards Accredited Practitioner of that body.
Experience providing therapy within the healthcare and/or charitable sector is essential, as well as experience of working in an acute health setting/with physical health. The ability to create and maintain a suitably safe and therapeutic environment to ensure clients' emotional and physical wellbeing is also required.
Person Specification
* Recognised professional qualification, diploma, or working towards a master's
* Member of a recognised professional body, e.g. BACP Accreditation or UKCP, and be accredited or working towards Accredited Practitioner of that body
* Experience providing therapy within the healthcare and/or charitable sector
* Experience of working in an acute health setting/with physical health
* Ability to create and maintain a suitably safe and therapeutic environment to ensure clients' emotional and physical wellbeing
* An aptitude for recruiting and managing a team of volunteers
* Counselling supervision qualification or working towards
* Experience of managing a team of volunteers or managing a clinical team
* Broad understanding of the impact of cancer on emotional health
Diversity and Inclusion
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.
All individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, are encouraged to apply for this post.
Diversity Matters
MFT is an inclusive employer, and we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
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