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School Therapist/Counsellor | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 11 Gorffennaf 2024
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £28,407 - £42,618 Band 5 non accredited, Band 6 Accredited practitoner
Oriau: Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau: 10 Awst 2024
Lleoliad: Blackpool, FY4 1TL
Cwmni: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd: Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd: 6355590/382-FICC186-24

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The YoutherapY team (Part of Options4cyp), is continuing to expand. We now have an opportunity for a qualified therapist (accredited and non-accredited), with experience of providing therapy to children and young people, to provide therapy in conjunction with Armfield Academy.

You will be joining a well-established team of young people’s therapists, primary mental health workers and assistant practitioners. You will be providing assessment and therapy for young people aged 11-16 who have psychological and emotional difficulties.

The successful candidate will have completed a psychotherapy/counselling/CBT qualification counselling to at least Level 4 Diploma and will be a member of a professional body (i.e. BACP/BABCP/NCPS or equivalent). Accredited counsellors (BACP/BABCP/NCPS) will be paid NHS Agenda for Change Band 6, non-accredited will be paid at Band 5.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Odette Crompton 0800 121 7762 (option 3).

To provide a high-quality therapy service to children and young people based referred with a range of generic issues and mild to moderate mental health problems. Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the NHS; team policies and procedures; and the Thrive Framework.

To provide advice and consultation on client’s care to school staff, professionals, non-counselling colleagues and other referrers.



Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.



To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients who are referred by school staff, other appropriate health and social care professionals.

To assess clients presenting with complex personal difficulties including those arising from mild to moderate mental health difficulties, based on accurate understanding and utilising a conceptual framework of the clients’ difficulties.

To make decisions regarding suitability for therapy, with particular regard to issues of risk, and referral onward to other specialist services, using trauma informed therapeutic decisions.

To formulate and implement therapy and treatment plans with clients, normally within a brief structured time frame or a contracted number of sessions.

To exercise sound theoretical knowledge of the processes of therapy and based on evidence of efficacy, to employ a range of short-term therapy interventions to meet the needs of the referred client.

To be able to work with a range of client presentations, including ambivalence and resistance, in order to facilitate clients’ ability to explore a range of life issues which are frequently of a distressing emotional nature.

To provide regular information to referrers, about the treatment process and outcome, initial and ongoing risk assessments, making appropriate disclosure and referral onward where necessary.

To communicate and liaise where appropriate with all other professionals involved in the individual client’s treatment and ongoing emotional wellbeing and mental health care.

To provide such information reports as are required in order to facilitate effective communication with referring agencies and commissioners.

To contribute to in-service training events through presentation with information relating to good working practice, special project and procedural changes.

To maintain the highest professional standards of practice by undertaking regular external professional supervision, internal peer supervision and appraisal.

To manage own clinical caseload within guidelines provided by the team’s operational management and relevant professional guidelines and ethical frameworks.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and responsible exercise of professional self-governance. To comply with the Trust information governance and record keeping policies and guidelines.

To continue to develop the skills of a reflexive practitioner by conducting regular personal audit and evaluation of clinical work and by maintaining an active engagement with current development in the field of counselling and related disciplines.

To have basic keyboard skills and be able to use Microsoft office applications such as Word and Excel.

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both a specific group and primary care adult mental health services.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal
• Head of Integrated Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
• YoutherapY Team
• Administration Team
• CAMHS Staff
• CASHER Staff
• MHST Staff
• Families and Integrated Community Care Division staff

External
• Local Authority
• Clinical Commissioning Groups
• Schools
• GPs
• Other healthcare and non-healthcare organisations


This advert closes on Thursday 25 Jul 2024

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