Emotional Well Being Lead/Counsellor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management responsibilities

To provide information and guidance to other primary care and mental health staff on the issues of psychological therapy.

To attend meetings when required, within the working times of your post.

To maintain statistical data.

To liaise, collaborate and communicate with GPs and other criminal justice practitioners in the care and treatment of clients. This may also include the communication of sensitive information requiring knowledge and skills of data protection issues.

To support with the supervision and line management of assistant psychologists and other non-clinical staff.

To contribute and lead on the operational delivery of the EWB scheme within HMP Swaleside.

Leadership

To provide courses/seminars/workshops/presentations relevant to counselling.

To sit on relevant working groups of the service as required.

Research

To use published research and information on good practice regularly to keep clinical practice up-to-date and evidence based

Participate in discussion and review regarding the development and evaluation of the locality counselling service.

To undertake clinically relevant evaluation within the locality psychological therapy service.

To provide information relating to the post-holders clinical and administrative activities as determined by the management of the Trust and the psychological therapy service

Communication

Clinicians within forensic psychological therapies and clinicians within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; mental health practitioners within integrated MH services

Senior Trust Officials, when indicated or appropriate i.e. service development

General Practitioners and GPs with special interest.

Service providers from both statutory and voluntary organisations e.g. Adult Mental Health Services, CAMHS, Social Services, criminal justice system,

Maintain accurate written records

Custodial Responsibilities

Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.

Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.

Comply with all security requirements.

Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate.

Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol.

Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID

Proof of address documentation

Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.

Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.

Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.

In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised professional counselling qualification at Diploma level or above.
• Accredited or registered with CPC, UKCP, BACP or other appropriate accrediting body.
• If Counselling Psychology qualification, registration with accredited professional body is essential.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience

Desirable

• Forensic Experience

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential

• Professional knowledge and skills acquired through counselling training.
• To work effectively with a wide range of clients with complex needs and presenting concerns.
• Effective communication skills both oral and written.
• Analytic and judgmental skills including the ability to assess risk and make appropriate referrals.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Swaleside

Brabazon Rd,

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4AX

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)