Job Description

We are proud of the success of Barnet Talking Therapies and are expanding our counselling team.



Would you like to Join us?



Barnet Talking Therapies are looking for a counsellor who is empathetic, caring and committed to time limited therapy in the NHS, to join our successful counselling team. We are a well established team of therapists including CBT practitioners, PWPs with counsellors being well integrated within the service.



Your training might be psychodynamic, person centred, integrative or existential and you should be accredited with the BACP, on the UKCP register (candidates who have submitted their portfolios for accreditation also accepted -state this clearly in your supporting statement). You will have excellent spoken and written communication skills. Our service works to a hybrid model, we offer sessions to our clients in person or via a video platform, which means you will be required to work at our sites in Edgware or Finchley as well as working remotely. As an employer we support flexible working.



We will be committed to helping you continue to progress your career, through a range of development and training opportunities, in addition to excellent supervision and peer support. We will also support you getting onto an IAPT training programme and progress towards a band 7 position if you are appointed to a band 6 post.



We are an equal opportunity employer and are keen to recruit people that reflect the diverse communities we serve.



JOB SUMMARY



To provide a qualified time limited counselling service to Step 3 clients of the Barnet Talking Therapies Service.



To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to staff from other agencies involved in providing care.



To work to a pattern of clinical hours and in localities that support the needs of the service and local population.



To liaise with local mental health-based services and voluntary community agencies.



To monitor and audit evidence-based practice.



To contribute to policy and service development within the team and the area served by the team/service.



To work within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



Why NLFT?



We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network

The postholder will be aligned with our Values :

We Are Kind We Are Respectful We Work Together We Keep Things Simple We Empower We Are Proudly Diverse

Please see the attached job description and person specification required for the post of Counsellor