NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is a well established, highly performing service.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team as an accredited counsellor.
The post holder will provide Step 3, short term individual counselling interventions, plus one other NHS Talking Therapies counselling modality, to include either PCE-CfD, IPT, DIT or CTfD.
NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is nationally recognised as a high performing Talking Therapies service, with a reputation for clinical excellence, innovation and collaborative working with secondary care and voluntary services. We provide a range of NICE-compliant psychological therapies for people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and achieve excellent recovery outcomes for our patients. We have good staff retention and an amazing supportive culture. We aim to grow inclusive staff teams, where diversity is valued and the workforce reflects the communities served.
We work with a blended working model allowing for a split of home working and working on site. Interventions are offered face to face, digitally and by telephone. While NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies has bases across the whole of West Sussex, you will be based in our North locality.
Our service ethos places patients at the centre of service delivery promoting mental wellbeing. Emotional resilience is central to the team's activity.
Applicants must be either BACP Accredited or UKCP Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, ACC Accredited, NCS Accredited Professional Registrant or British Psychoanalytic Council Registered. Applicants must also have appropriate qualifications as detailed in the person specification.
Applicants must hold an additional NHS Talking Therapies qualification, such as IPT, DIT, PCE-CfD or CTfD.
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.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
* Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
* Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
* Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
* Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
* Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracie Wilson Job title: Operational Team Lead Email address: tracie.wilson@nhs.net Telephone number: 07919112785
Julie Middlehurst
Deputy Operational Head of Service
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