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Senior High Intensity Counsellor Co-Lead for Counselling
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £59,490.00 to £66,239.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £59490.00 - £66239.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | Hillingdon, London, UB8 1QG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-0790 |
Summary
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.