Job summary
Are you looking for a new role in a welcoming and professional team? Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community?
We are currently seeking to recruit highly enthusiastic BACP/UKPC accredited councillors to join our growing team of DIT, CfD, CTfD, IPT and EMDR modality practitioners. You'll be responsible for providing advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to both clinical colleagues and other non-professional carers. This varied role may also involve supervision of trainee modality trainees and other professional groups.
We are passionate about offering a great quality therapy to our patients and we are very proud to be able to consistently offer all the IAPT-approved therapies, such as -DIT (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy), IPT (Interpersonal Therapy), CfD (Counselling for Depression), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), BCT (Behavioural Couples Therapy), CTfD (Couples Therapy for Depression), and MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy). To that effect, we are committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of our staff and training in additional IAPT/NHS Talking Therapies modalities is highly encouraged.
We will offer the successful candidate with the opportunity to attend further training and development, and to gain experience in carrying out audits relevant to the service.
Main duties of the job
We would love to hear from you if you are:
- A qualified modality practitioner with postgraduate training in counselling, psychotherapy or counselling psychology
- Fully accredited with the BACP or UKCP
- Trained in one or more IAPT approved specialist modality trainings
- Able to demonstrate good therapeutic relationships with people
- An inspirational and collaborative team player with excellent communication skills committed to improving access to psychological therapies across the Ealing borough
What we offer:
- A nurturing environment with the potential for future career development
- A stable, supportive and dynamic working environment
- A relocation allowance of up £8,000, if moving more than 40 miles. Please contact us for more details.
- A values driven environment - out trust values of Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we look after each other and our patients
- We promote a healthy work-life balance and operate a hybrid working week
- We offer flexible working, with full/part time opportunities available
- Regular line management and supervision
- A comprehensive CPD and reflective practice program'
There is a need to be able to work flexibly, with session based in Ealing and Southall
In order to provide a service which is accessible to our clients all staff are required to provide an evening session.
For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Kamila Ilavska (Clinical Lead on k.ilavska@nhs.net
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since our service launched.
The management team at Ealing IAPT is committed to staff wellbeing and we have recently commissioned a QI project on staff wellbeing, led by staff across the different staff groups within the team.
We think Ealing IAPT is a fantastic place to work!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since our service launched.
The management team at Ealing IAPT is committed to staff wellbeing and we have recently commissioned a QI project on staff wellbeing, led by staff across the different staff groups within the team.
We think Ealing IAPT is a fantastic place to work!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training in counselling, psychotherapy or counseling psychology or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in counselling or psychotherapy
- Fully accredited with the BACP or UKCP (psychotherapeutic counsellor)
- Professional registration with the appropriate body E.G. Professional Standards Authority (PSA) or Health Professions Council (HPC)
- To have completed training in one or more IAPT approved specialist modality trainings: Dynamic Interpersonal therapy (DIT) Counselling for depression(CFD) Couples Therapy for Depression (Tavistock) Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) EMDR
Desirable
- Qualification in clinical supervision
- Qualified Supervisor in IAPT approved modality therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an IAPT service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience at working with psychological Therapies at a specialist level.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of counselling in different cultural contexts
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. Including outpatient, community, and primary care settings
Knowledge
Essential
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Counselling and psychotherapy
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. Medically unexplained symptoms, long term conditions and recognition of personality disorder).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training in counselling, psychotherapy or counseling psychology or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in counselling or psychotherapy
- Fully accredited with the BACP or UKCP (psychotherapeutic counsellor)
- Professional registration with the appropriate body E.G. Professional Standards Authority (PSA) or Health Professions Council (HPC)
- To have completed training in one or more IAPT approved specialist modality trainings: Dynamic Interpersonal therapy (DIT) Counselling for depression(CFD) Couples Therapy for Depression (Tavistock) Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) EMDR
Desirable
- Qualification in clinical supervision
- Qualified Supervisor in IAPT approved modality therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an IAPT service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience at working with psychological Therapies at a specialist level.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of counselling in different cultural contexts
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. Including outpatient, community, and primary care settings
Knowledge
Essential
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Counselling and psychotherapy
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. Medically unexplained symptoms, long term conditions and recognition of personality disorder).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
