Job summary
Due to the nature of this role, it is only open to individuals who are not already working in an NHS Talking Therapies service in England. This role is funded by NHS England, and the funding criteria requires that applicants are not working within an NHS Talking Therapy Service in England at the time of application and are able to have a start date before the 01/04/2025.
This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to start or restart their career within the NHS and gain valuable skills and experience. We welcome applications from all candidates who meet the criteria and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout our work and recruitment process.
Applicants must be on the Accredited. This covers Accredited Counsellors / Counselling Psychologists registered with the UKCP, HCPC or an equivalent professional bodies and/or Accredited with the BACP. CBT Therapist / Clinical Psychologists must be Accredited with the BABCP or HCPC. Please provide correct details of registration to confirm Accreditation by search of number as well as name.
Brent NHS Talking Therapies service is looking to attract experienced, accredited counsellors / psychotherapists (who are already trained in a specific IAPT recognised modality such as CfD, IPT, DIT, EMDR or CTfD) / CBT Therapists or clinical/counselling psychologists who are accredited and wish to work in the NHS, and have or want to train in one of the brief relational modality therapies.
Main duties of the job
Our counselling service works to a brief model, offering around 6-8 sessions of generic counselling or around 16 sessions for therapy within one of the specialist relational modalities. Clinicians offer 5 sessions within each working day of 7.5 hours, with adjustments to accommodate service meetings, paid CPD and training and generous paid holiday leave. Our post-holders work 5 days (37.5hrs) a week. Individual supervision is provided fortnightly with additional supervision for modality clinical work if needed.
Staff currently work to a mix of home- and site-working in order to meet the demand for face to face work and for team cohesion and wellbeing. Clinicians currently offer a blend of telephone, video and face to face sessions, dependent on patient choice and clinical need. Service hours are between 8am and 6pm and clinicians are expected to provide some later working hours within their week. Our primary hub is at Fairfields House, Fairfields crescent, Roe Green,Kingsbury ,NW9 0PS. CNWL offers flexible working to meet staff wellbeing for a healthy work-life balance.
You will join a friendly, highly experienced and diverse team of clinicians and have opportunities to work in innovative areas of the service including our perinatal and post-Covid provisions.
About us
The Brent Talking Therapies Service is an innovative and progressive Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) service working with Healthcare and Perinatal services, as part of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. We work in close partnership with our local GP Confederation within North West London, with other mental health services, with CNWL Community physical healthcare teams and with voluntary sector and other specialist services delivering primary care support and treatment, including the primary care eating disorders team STRIDES, services for Young Adults, outreach initiatives supporting those suffering healthcare and economic inequalities and building relationships with community connectors.
We are a supportive, friendly and experience group of clinicians with core training in psychodynamic or integrative counselling models, working within a busy and creative service.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder is responsible for the Clinical provision of specialist psychological therapy, using a NICE/IAPT recognised High Intensity Counselling or CBT approach, to adults with mild, moderate and severe common mental health problems, in primary care and community settings, on behalf of the CNWL Talking Therapies Brent IAPT Service. Responsibilities include triage/assessment and screening of referrals, assessing and treating patients suitable for High Intensity Counselling or CBT, reporting to referrers on the patients progress and managing a waiting list. The postholder will also contribute to routine data collection, audit and evaluation of patient measures according to the national framework for IAPT services.
This post is open to Accredited Counsellors/Psychologists with a recognised IAPT Modality (CfD, DIT, EMDR, CTfD) Training, and to acccreditated CBT Therapists/Psychologists, none of whom are not currently working within IAPT or the NHS.
The post holder will work under clinical and management supervision and will be provided with appropriate training and support. They will be required to provide individual/group interventions, under close supervision, and/or support to GPs and other health professionals in appropriate activities.
The post-holder will work full-time hours unless otherwise contracted and may be required to work at any times between 8am and 8pm on weekdays as required by the service. The postholder will also be expected to provide some late afternoon appointments, to 8pm, within their working week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder is responsible for the Clinical provision of specialist psychological therapy, using a NICE/IAPT recognised High Intensity Counselling or CBT approach, to adults with mild, moderate and severe common mental health problems, in primary care and community settings, on behalf of the CNWL Talking Therapies Brent IAPT Service. Responsibilities include triage/assessment and screening of referrals, assessing and treating patients suitable for High Intensity Counselling or CBT, reporting to referrers on the patients progress and managing a waiting list. The postholder will also contribute to routine data collection, audit and evaluation of patient measures according to the national framework for IAPT services.
This post is open to Accredited Counsellors/Psychologists with a recognised IAPT Modality (CfD, DIT, EMDR, CTfD) Training, and to acccreditated CBT Therapists/Psychologists, none of whom are not currently working within IAPT or the NHS.
The post holder will work under clinical and management supervision and will be provided with appropriate training and support. They will be required to provide individual/group interventions, under close supervision, and/or support to GPs and other health professionals in appropriate activities.
The post-holder will work full-time hours unless otherwise contracted and may be required to work at any times between 8am and 8pm on weekdays as required by the service. The postholder will also be expected to provide some late afternoon appointments, to 8pm, within their working week.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from a BACP / BABCP approved Diploma in Counselling or CBT, or qualified as a Counselling Psychologist, or qualified as a Psychodynamic psychotherapist or counsellor or CBT Therapist with professional Accreditation.
- Professional Accreditation on the Professional Standards Authority register of Accredited Counsellors (MBACP [Accred], UKCP, BPC, HCPC, UKAHPP, National Counselling Society Professional Accreditation) Or Registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC
- Critical understanding of the relevance of studies of human development, psychopathology, psychology, social issues and evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- Supervisor qualification from a substantial Counselling and/or IAPT modality supervision course, as a supervisor for Counselling, CfD, DIT, IPT, Couples Therapy, EMDR or CBT
- Additional training in specialist areas related to primary care mental health eg LTC, Perinatal, CBT principles, clinical risk assessment
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as an Accredited High Intensity Counsellor/CBT therapist with highly specialist post-qualification experience of assessment and brief counselling treatment of adult patients in a primary care mental health setting or similar, and presenting with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with a wide range of clients over the age of 18 years and including older adults presenting with mild to moderate degrees of severity of mental illness.
- Experience of assessing clinical risk in the context of common mental health problems.
- Experience of the application of psychotherapy in difference cultural and diversity contexts.
Desirable
- Specialist psychotherapeutic working experience.
- Experience of working within a primary care/community setting
- Experience of managing an independent and specialist caseload.
- Research skills and knowledge and aptitude.
Other
Essential
- To demonstrate emotional resilience and stability. Ability to establish and maintain working relationships under pressure
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships under pressure.
- Ability to travel between surgeries and administrative offices, and to work at different locations
Desirable
- To work effectively and compassionately within a large team
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work independently and manage a caseload, with freedom to act and take decisions about patient care, under supervision.
- Ability to treat people with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach which considers the holistic needs of the person
- Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
Desirable
- Experience of carrying a high patient caseload
- Knowledge of issues around clinical and information governance.
- Ability to provide clinical interventions in mother tongue language/s other than English
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from a BACP / BABCP approved Diploma in Counselling or CBT, or qualified as a Counselling Psychologist, or qualified as a Psychodynamic psychotherapist or counsellor or CBT Therapist with professional Accreditation.
- Professional Accreditation on the Professional Standards Authority register of Accredited Counsellors (MBACP [Accred], UKCP, BPC, HCPC, UKAHPP, National Counselling Society Professional Accreditation) Or Registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC
- Critical understanding of the relevance of studies of human development, psychopathology, psychology, social issues and evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- Supervisor qualification from a substantial Counselling and/or IAPT modality supervision course, as a supervisor for Counselling, CfD, DIT, IPT, Couples Therapy, EMDR or CBT
- Additional training in specialist areas related to primary care mental health eg LTC, Perinatal, CBT principles, clinical risk assessment
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as an Accredited High Intensity Counsellor/CBT therapist with highly specialist post-qualification experience of assessment and brief counselling treatment of adult patients in a primary care mental health setting or similar, and presenting with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with a wide range of clients over the age of 18 years and including older adults presenting with mild to moderate degrees of severity of mental illness.
- Experience of assessing clinical risk in the context of common mental health problems.
- Experience of the application of psychotherapy in difference cultural and diversity contexts.
Desirable
- Specialist psychotherapeutic working experience.
- Experience of working within a primary care/community setting
- Experience of managing an independent and specialist caseload.
- Research skills and knowledge and aptitude.
Other
Essential
- To demonstrate emotional resilience and stability. Ability to establish and maintain working relationships under pressure
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships under pressure.
- Ability to travel between surgeries and administrative offices, and to work at different locations
Desirable
- To work effectively and compassionately within a large team
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work independently and manage a caseload, with freedom to act and take decisions about patient care, under supervision.
- Ability to treat people with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach which considers the holistic needs of the person
- Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
Desirable
- Experience of carrying a high patient caseload
- Knowledge of issues around clinical and information governance.
- Ability to provide clinical interventions in mother tongue language/s other than English
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).
