Counsellor Required: London

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Band: Band 6

Salary: £44,485 to £52,521 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 333-J-BR-0806-A

We are looking for an experienced an Accredited Counsellor, Psychotherapist to join our team at Brent Talking Therapies.

We are a large, well established service based in a diverse borough of London. Our service provides low and high intensity therapies at Step 2 and Step 3, alongside our Step 3 counselling service. We are passionate about the work we do and care provided to service users, and work by the trust values of compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership.

You will join a team of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP), CBT Therapists and Counsellors, with experienced supervisors and colleagues. Candidates should be competent in providing brief focused counselling using an evidence-based approach e.g. focal psychodynamic, client centred, solution focused, humanistic. Ability to deliver therapy in local languages is desirable.

We welcome applicants who:

• Are passionate about the benefits of short term focused therapy
• Have worked in the past two years with adults with common mental health problems in a primary care/IAPT or NHS setting
• Have extensive experience of assessments & enjoy working independently
• Enjoy working within a fast paced & busy setting with diverse populations
• Want to develop clinical skills & access further training
• The advertised post is full time however, we welcome part time applicants and also support flexible working patterns as long as core service commitments are covered.

Main duties of the job

NHS Talking Therapies services require all counsellors/psychotherapists to be registrants on the Accredited Register of Counsellors with the Professional Standards Authority.

To be shortlisted, 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 correct Registration Number in your application for us to confirm you are an Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist with your registering association.

This is within London borough of Brent. The main hub is at Fairfields House in Kingsbury and a satellite hub at Bell House in Willesden Green. You will be required to work across both hubs and in other parts of the borough, e.g. GP surgeries/community settings.

We operate an agile working policy. Staff combine remote working and being on-site to deliver face to face appointments and other service commitments that require a hub based presence. The post holder may be required to work at any times between 8am and 8pm on weekdays including an evening clinic as required by the service.