Job summary
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing service offers primary care support and psychological therapies to the community of Brighton and Hove. Our interventions are diverse and evidence based, ranging from guided self-help and face-to-face or telephone support to workshop courses.
This vacancy is for a 0.6 WTE Counselling Lead (permanent) within the NHS Talking Therapies part of our service.
You will join a supportive and friendly leadership team and will work closely with our NHS talking Therapies Clinical Lead, talking Therapies Service Manager and other Senior Psychological Therapists within Talking Therapies.
You will also work with Service Managers and other Clinical Leads within the wider service. The wider multi-disciplinary team includes Admin and Data Management staff, a Service Improvement team, Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, CBT Therapists, and Counsellors
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist counselling/ applied psychological consultation and therapy service to staff, clients, their families or carers.
To support psychological/counselling practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training /education, with a particular focus on the counselling team. To participate in systematic clinical governance and to offer clinical supervision and line management to counsellors, psychological therapists, assistant, trainee, more junior psychologists and other staff. To take a lead in supporting and developing psychological therapies within the team/service, particularly in the area of counselling.
To work as a member of the Talking Therapies leadership team, which will include supporting all day to day management and leadership tasks covered by equivalent 8a Senor Psychological Therapists within the service.
About us
Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is responsible for delivering primary care mental health services for both children and young people and adults. Led by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with YMCA Downslink and Southdown we provide a community-based range of evidence based therapeutic and clinical interventions to support people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
Working in Brighton and Hove:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside
- Embrace the city life in Brighton
- Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links to London and across the UK, so plenty of opportunity for adventure
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job description and Person Specification for full details.
The post is 0.6 WTE (22.5 hours/ week) permanent, and there will be a requirement to work across different sites used by the service throughout Brighton and Hove. The service operates between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday and some flexibility within these working hours is required.
You will provide clinical leadership. You will need to work effectively as a clinical lead within a primary care multidisciplinary setting. You will need to hold self and colleagues to account to ensure the talking Therapies service delivers safe, effective and timely clinical care in line with the Talking Therapies manual, while also meeting its agreed performance targets.
Essential Qualifications include:
- A recognised post graduate/doctoral level training qualification in the application of psychological models with individuals/teams/groups/organisations. E.g. Clinical/Counselling Psychology/Counselling
- Qualification in a Talking Therapies specific counselling modality (i.e. Counselling for Depression, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or Interpersonal Therapy)
- One of the following professional registrations:
HCPC practitioner psychologist
UKCP (via a psychotherapy training)
BACP (evidence of substantial counselling training equivalent to the above)
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- Evidence of post qualification training in clinical supervision
Desirable qualifications:
- Post-qualification training in additional Talking Therapies interventions such as EMDR/IPT/CfD/CBT/DiT
- Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression supervisor training
For more information in relation to this post, please contact our NHS Talking Therapies Clinical Lead (Dan Bowler, daniel.bowler@spft.net). We welcome enquiries and discussion about this post ahead of application deadline.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job description and Person Specification for full details.
The post is 0.6 WTE (22.5 hours/ week) permanent, and there will be a requirement to work across different sites used by the service throughout Brighton and Hove. The service operates between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday and some flexibility within these working hours is required.
You will provide clinical leadership. You will need to work effectively as a clinical lead within a primary care multidisciplinary setting. You will need to hold self and colleagues to account to ensure the talking Therapies service delivers safe, effective and timely clinical care in line with the Talking Therapies manual, while also meeting its agreed performance targets.
Essential Qualifications include:
- A recognised post graduate/doctoral level training qualification in the application of psychological models with individuals/teams/groups/organisations. E.g. Clinical/Counselling Psychology/Counselling
- Qualification in a Talking Therapies specific counselling modality (i.e. Counselling for Depression, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or Interpersonal Therapy)
- One of the following professional registrations:
HCPC practitioner psychologist
UKCP (via a psychotherapy training)
BACP (evidence of substantial counselling training equivalent to the above)
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- Evidence of post qualification training in clinical supervision
Desirable qualifications:
- Post-qualification training in additional Talking Therapies interventions such as EMDR/IPT/CfD/CBT/DiT
- Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression supervisor training
For more information in relation to this post, please contact our NHS Talking Therapies Clinical Lead (Dan Bowler, daniel.bowler@spft.net). We welcome enquiries and discussion about this post ahead of application deadline.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the Appendix
- Qualification in a Talking Therapies specific counselling modality (i.e. Counselling for Depression, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or Interpersonal Therapy)
- Professionally registered as specified in the appendix
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy/counselling for groups and individuals (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- A high level of competence in applying psychological therapy models with groups, and with individuals with complex difficulties within the clinical context served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy / approach
- Experience of offering, teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
- A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context
- Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
- A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix
- Experience of conducting formal research, audit or service evaluation in a healthcare setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the Appendix
- Qualification in a Talking Therapies specific counselling modality (i.e. Counselling for Depression, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or Interpersonal Therapy)
- Professionally registered as specified in the appendix
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy/counselling for groups and individuals (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- A high level of competence in applying psychological therapy models with groups, and with individuals with complex difficulties within the clinical context served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy / approach
- Experience of offering, teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
- A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context
- Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
- A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix
- Experience of conducting formal research, audit or service evaluation in a healthcare setting
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).
