Psychotherapeutic Counsellor (Foundation Trainee)
This is a training role within the NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Programme (NHS TTad).
Trainees will work in NHS-commissioned services, undertake the NHS TTad national curriculum for High Intensity Psychotherapeutic Counsellors, and deliver a portion of the service’s high-intensity interventions under close supervision.
Each Trainee Will Be Trained In And Deliver Therapy In One Of The Following Approved Modalities, Based On Their Specific Pathway
Couple Therapy for Depression (CTfD)
Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT)
Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD)
The training includes a Foundation stage, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7). Upon successful completion, trainees will be qualified to practise as High Intensity Therapists.
Recruitment is open to graduates or individuals with equivalent professional/academic experience, who demonstrate commitment to the NHS TTad model.
Skills
The combined training and service experience equips the trainee with the knowledge, skills, and professional values needed to deliver inclusive, person-centred care. Trainees are expected to:
Attend all required taught and self-directed study days
Work in the service on remaining days, applying developing skills
Engage in regular supervision and reflective practice
* Assess and support individuals with mild to moderate depression under supervision.
* Conduct assessments to identify goals for change/recovery and assess risk to self or others.
* Determine referral suitability.
* Following assessment, agree a contract and focus for time-limited counselling.
* Deliver counselling sessions in accordance with the NHS TTad Manual and evidence base, using face-to-face, video, or telephone formats.
* Meet required levels of clinical activity to reduce waiting times and support timely access to therapy.
* Complete all required data collection using approved electronic systems.
* Maintain accurate and coherent clinical records and use outcome data in clinical decision-making.
* Work closely with colleagues to ensure effective and integrated care.
* Attend multidisciplinary meetings related to clients where appropriate.
* Establish clear confidentiality boundaries in line with ethical and organisational standards.
* Conduct and act on risk assessments, breaching confidentiality only where legally or ethically required.
* Manage a caseload.
* Involve family members or carers in treatment where clinically appropriate.
* Address issues related to work and employment as part of the therapeutic process.
* Practise from an inclusive values base, promoting recovery and respecting diversity
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values
* We’re Kind
* We’re Fair
* We Listen
* We Care
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Clayton Thompson Job title: Senior Psychologist Email address: clayton.thompson@nhs.net Telephone number: 07741 235018
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