Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for Accredited Band 6 Counsellors to join the Counselling Team within the Employee Wellbeing Service at the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The post-holders will be part of an innovative and enthusiastic team of counsellors and psychological therapists. Various hours are available.
Main duties of the job
Our team of enthusiastic counsellors and therapists provide high intensity counselling and psychological therapy interventions for staff with mild to moderate mental health problems.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-Graduate Diploma (level 7) in Integrative Counselling, CBT, Counselling or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Recognised professional Diploma in Counselling /equivalent.
- BACP accredited or equivalent. UKCP, UKP, BABCP registered or equivalent.
Desirable
- Master's degree in Integrative Counselling, CBT, Counselling or equivalent.
- Further post-graduate training in condition specific interventions (e.g., IPT, EMDR, TF-CBT, Self-Esteem).
Experience
Essential
- Has a minimum of 450 supervised client hours working with clients with a range of mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working with brief, focused counselling interventions and/or evidence based psychological therapy interventions under appropriate supervision.
- To have experience of undertaking mental health assessment.
Desirable
- To demonstrate awareness/ have experience of working in a managed psychological therapy or counselling service within the NHS, private or voluntary sector.
- To have experience of collecting audit data relevant to counselling/psychological therapy.
- Experience of working as a counsellor in a medical setting/in primary care preferably as a counsellor in general practice using brief focussed counselling.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex or contentious information which requires motivational, negotiating, empathetic or reassurance skills and information may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive.
- Is able to communicate information on formulation risk and treatment to other health professionals.
- Is able to elicit highly sensitive information relating to behaviour or state of mind, sometimes through interpreters or advocates, where there is a need for reassurance, empathy and to gain agreement from the patient to a therapeutic regime.
- Has ability to communicate sensitive information where patients may be hostile/at risk to self/public. Possesses analytical and judgement skills which involve complex situations and that require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Ability to plan and organise complex activities which may require formulation and adjustment of plan.
Desirable
- To have training in solution focused or brief models of counselling.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Other
Essential
- Model of counselling and theory that underpins counselling and evidence based psychological therapies under supervision.
- Application of BACP standards. To be able to contribute to audit and evaluation.
- To be able to use computer and software systems as required.
- To have experience in completing and submitting audit and evaluation documents.
Desirable
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the post.
- Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-Graduate Diploma (level 7) in Integrative Counselling, CBT, Counselling or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Recognised professional Diploma in Counselling /equivalent.
- BACP accredited or equivalent. UKCP, UKP, BABCP registered or equivalent.
Desirable
- Master's degree in Integrative Counselling, CBT, Counselling or equivalent.
- Further post-graduate training in condition specific interventions (e.g., IPT, EMDR, TF-CBT, Self-Esteem).
Experience
Essential
- Has a minimum of 450 supervised client hours working with clients with a range of mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working with brief, focused counselling interventions and/or evidence based psychological therapy interventions under appropriate supervision.
- To have experience of undertaking mental health assessment.
Desirable
- To demonstrate awareness/ have experience of working in a managed psychological therapy or counselling service within the NHS, private or voluntary sector.
- To have experience of collecting audit data relevant to counselling/psychological therapy.
- Experience of working as a counsellor in a medical setting/in primary care preferably as a counsellor in general practice using brief focussed counselling.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex or contentious information which requires motivational, negotiating, empathetic or reassurance skills and information may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive.
- Is able to communicate information on formulation risk and treatment to other health professionals.
- Is able to elicit highly sensitive information relating to behaviour or state of mind, sometimes through interpreters or advocates, where there is a need for reassurance, empathy and to gain agreement from the patient to a therapeutic regime.
- Has ability to communicate sensitive information where patients may be hostile/at risk to self/public. Possesses analytical and judgement skills which involve complex situations and that require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Ability to plan and organise complex activities which may require formulation and adjustment of plan.
Desirable
- To have training in solution focused or brief models of counselling.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Other
Essential
- Model of counselling and theory that underpins counselling and evidence based psychological therapies under supervision.
- Application of BACP standards. To be able to contribute to audit and evaluation.
- To be able to use computer and software systems as required.
- To have experience in completing and submitting audit and evaluation documents.
Desirable
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the post.
- Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance.
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).
