Senior High Intensity Counsellor Co-Lead for Counselling
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £59,490 - £66,239 pa inc HCAS pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Hillingdon, London, UB8 1QG |
| Cwmni: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7266423/333-G-HM-0716 |
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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Accredited counsellor / psychotherapist / Counselling Psychologist including accreditation in one or more modality and with substantial supervision and management experience, to co-Lead Counselling in Hillingdon Talking Therapies.
Counsellors are highly valued and integral to the Talking Therapies workforce and management team, working closely alongside CBT therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. We are proud of being a supportive and well integrated service that promotes clinical working across theoretical models, to promote clinical development and patient choice.
Applicants must be current registrants on the Accredited Register of Counsellors with the Professional Standards Authority. To be shortlisted for this post, recruiters search the PSA Accredited Register for Counsellors of your professional organisation’s register (BACP, BPC, COSCA, NCS, UK AHPP, UKCP). Please ensure you provide the correctRegistration Numberin your application for us to confirm you are an Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist with your registering association. Counselling Psychologists are checked against the HCPC Register.
Applicants should also hold practitioner, and ideally supervisor, accreditation in at least one of the Talking Therapies modalities.
The successful applicant will oversee the provision of a high-quality primary care psychological therapies counselling service and be responsible for the day to day operational and clinical management of the counselling team.
The postholder will work alongside a co-Lead for Counselling within the Hillingdon Talking Therapy service in delivering good outcomes for service users, and key performance indicators as required by NHSE around waiting times, access and recovery.
They will support staff development, training and further professional growth within the team, and this includes ensuring all staff maintain professional accreditation, that all staff complete Talking Therapies modality training, identify other training and development needs and monitor performance and staff wellbeing.
We offer generous options for hybrid working.
Hillingdon is a diverse borough in west London with a diverse local population.
We are proud that our staff team reflect this diversity and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
The staff team provide services from the main hub in Uxbridge and currently work agilely, combining site and remote working, delivering therapy via digital packages, telephone, video and also face to face in accordance with patient need and choice.
The service has good systems in place to manage incoming referrals and waiting lists and deliver on the national targets. There is a strong emphasis on personal and professional development across the team and staff and counselling trainees are supported to complete Talking Therapies compliant modality training including DIT, PCE-CfD, CTfD and BCT as well as other evidence-based therapies.
We are proud of our record on supporting staff development and career progression, and we also work closely with other CNWL Talking Therapies teams to identify training and development opportunities, including a network of cross service clinical supervision.
To provide clinical supervision, training, operational and management expertise to the service. To lead on service developments in Hillingdon Talking Therapies and work alongside the co-Lead for Counselling and other lead clinicians and support the Clinical Lead in their role.
To provide clinical and operational management for staff in the counselling team and manage the daily operations of the service. To support the Clinical and Operational Lead to meet commissioned targets and to work within the framework of national requirements, to support a productive and excellent counselling provision.
To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and to other, non- professional Carers.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Hillingdon Talking Therapies Service policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the Service. The postholder will be required to work flexibly and respond to service needs accordingly e.g. with regard to cover Service Level Agreement arrangements.
The postholder will be involved in recruiting, supporting and managing a team of Band 6 and 7 trainees, counsellors and psychotherapists, modality supervisors and other qualified Talking Therapies staff as appropriate. The postholder will also undertake senior duties delegated by the Clinical and Operational Lead such as providing senior clinician cover for the service, supervision of duty and triage systems and other tasks as appropriate.
The post holder will contribute to the development of Hillingdon Talking Therapies, including forthcoming plans for service expansion, developing community links and in developing liaison links with stakeholders such as GPs and other healthcare providers and improving self-referral processes. The postholder will support the Clinical and Operational Lead to ensure that national guidelines are adhered to in line with the national programme, targets are achieved and that the clinical governance arrangements are in place.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Accredited counsellor / psychotherapist / Counselling Psychologist including accreditation in one or more modality and with substantial supervision and management experience, to co-Lead Counselling in Hillingdon Talking Therapies.
Counsellors are highly valued and integral to the Talking Therapies workforce and management team, working closely alongside CBT therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. We are proud of being a supportive and well integrated service that promotes clinical working across theoretical models, to promote clinical development and patient choice.
Applicants must be current registrants on the Accredited Register of Counsellors with the Professional Standards Authority. To be shortlisted for this post, recruiters search the PSA Accredited Register for Counsellors of your professional organisation’s register (BACP, BPC, COSCA, NCS, UK AHPP, UKCP). Please ensure you provide the correctRegistration Numberin your application for us to confirm you are an Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist with your registering association. Counselling Psychologists are checked against the HCPC Register.
Applicants should also hold practitioner, and ideally supervisor, accreditation in at least one of the Talking Therapies modalities.
The successful applicant will oversee the provision of a high-quality primary care psychological therapies counselling service and be responsible for the day to day operational and clinical management of the counselling team.
The postholder will work alongside a co-Lead for Counselling within the Hillingdon Talking Therapy service in delivering good outcomes for service users, and key performance indicators as required by NHSE around waiting times, access and recovery.
They will support staff development, training and further professional growth within the team, and this includes ensuring all staff maintain professional accreditation, that all staff complete Talking Therapies modality training, identify other training and development needs and monitor performance and staff wellbeing.
We offer generous options for hybrid working.
Hillingdon is a diverse borough in west London with a diverse local population.
We are proud that our staff team reflect this diversity and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
The staff team provide services from the main hub in Uxbridge and currently work agilely, combining site and remote working, delivering therapy via digital packages, telephone, video and also face to face in accordance with patient need and choice.
The service has good systems in place to manage incoming referrals and waiting lists and deliver on the national targets. There is a strong emphasis on personal and professional development across the team and staff and counselling trainees are supported to complete Talking Therapies compliant modality training including DIT, PCE-CfD, CTfD and BCT as well as other evidence-based therapies.
We are proud of our record on supporting staff development and career progression, and we also work closely with other CNWL Talking Therapies teams to identify training and development opportunities, including a network of cross service clinical supervision.
To provide clinical supervision, training, operational and management expertise to the service. To lead on service developments in Hillingdon Talking Therapies and work alongside the co-Lead for Counselling and other lead clinicians and support the Clinical Lead in their role.
To provide clinical and operational management for staff in the counselling team and manage the daily operations of the service. To support the Clinical and Operational Lead to meet commissioned targets and to work within the framework of national requirements, to support a productive and excellent counselling provision.
To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and to other, non- professional Carers.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Hillingdon Talking Therapies Service policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the Service. The postholder will be required to work flexibly and respond to service needs accordingly e.g. with regard to cover Service Level Agreement arrangements.
The postholder will be involved in recruiting, supporting and managing a team of Band 6 and 7 trainees, counsellors and psychotherapists, modality supervisors and other qualified Talking Therapies staff as appropriate. The postholder will also undertake senior duties delegated by the Clinical and Operational Lead such as providing senior clinician cover for the service, supervision of duty and triage systems and other tasks as appropriate.
The post holder will contribute to the development of Hillingdon Talking Therapies, including forthcoming plans for service expansion, developing community links and in developing liaison links with stakeholders such as GPs and other healthcare providers and improving self-referral processes. The postholder will support the Clinical and Operational Lead to ensure that national guidelines are adhered to in line with the national programme, targets are achieved and that the clinical governance arrangements are in place.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025
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