Counsellor/Psychotherapist - CYP

Posting date:	04 July 2025
Salary:	£27,000.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£27000.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	18 July 2025
Location:	Swindon, SN2 2PN
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	E0343-25-0015abl787

Summary

We actively welcome candidates and staff with different identities and different ways of thinking. As a Disability Confident Leader we encourage open and honest communication at all levels and we are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments for any staff in any role. Are you: An experienced mental health practitioner used to a fast-paced environment. Experienced in working with children and young people across early intervention / mental health settings and experienced in engaging the whole family. Experienced in providing guided self-help and short-term counselling interventions. Positive and proactive to achieve the highest standards and outcomes in engagement with children, young people, their parent/carers, and professionals. Adept in communication and confident communicating with CYP (Children and Young Peoples), their parents/carers and health professionals. Open, respectful, committed to equality and inclusiveness and motivated by new ideas and perspectives. A team player. Role Purpose: You will deliver outcome focused evidence-based therapy-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties to support them to improve their emotional health and build resilience. This will include (virtual & F2F) individual, group work and peer support. Working as part of the Be U Swindon Community Team you will be part of the delivery of this day, evening and weekend provision, working on a rotational basis. Main Duties and responsibilities: This post will work under the line management of the SPA & Community Service Lead and clinical supervision of the Senior Practitioner. You will work from Be U Swindon Hubs & Haven Service and community venues to support Children / Young People to easily access therapeutic interventions and thrive. Haven (Evening service) In this part of the role you will be the support and responsible for providing emotional support for CYP presenting significant critical safety needs and behaviours that challenge. After initial contact with one of our identified urgent / emergency service referral partners, the Haven service provides fast track intervention in to service. Hubs (Day services) This part of the role delivers emotional support to CYP in community settings inc. community centres and Be U therapeutic spaces. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as you will work as part of a diverse clinical team proactively developing the service through co-production, delivery, and ongoing innovation. Main Tasks: To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working. To undertake professional initial assessments of young people. To provide ongoing and one-off counselling to young people. To develop alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work. To facilitate peer support interventions with and for children and young people. To provide information, advice, guidance, and support as part of the single point of access function. To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems. To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals. To positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues. Provide on call support. Communication Be able to communicate and engage with children and young people appropriate to individual needs. Ensure young people feel listened to, feel in control and are respected. WORKING PRACTICE EXPECTATIONS Ethical Practice Employed therapists are required to abide by the Ethical Framework for Good Practise in Counselling and Psychotherapy (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or equivalent. Professional Membership and Registration It is required that employed practitioners maintain active membership with a national organisation that represents the field of psychological therapy and people who work as counsellors and therapists, such AFT, BACP, BPS, BABCP or HCPC or UKCP. Employed practitioners will ideally pursue accreditation or registration with one of these bodies; and will complete annual continuing professional development and associated procedures required to maintain accreditation and/or registration. All costs associated with professional memberships, subscriptions, conferences, continuing education etc., are borne by the practitioner. Liability Insurance Employed practitioners are covered against malpractice liability by ABL insurance. Supervision Employed clinical practitioners are required to attend supervision at the minimum frequency of 1.5 hours per FTE per month, with an appropriately qualified internal ABL Health professional. This time is included in the contract