Band 5 counsellor

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Spalding; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in England is seeking a Band 5 counsellor in Spalding. The role involves providing counselling for depression as part of a multi-disciplinary team, holding a clinical caseload, and receiving supervision and training for further qualifications in Talking Therapies. This position offers a supportive work environment with strong staff morale and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Early access to Psychological Therapies

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Conversant with the use of clinical systems.
• Accreditation with a professional body is required for Band 6 post.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing counselling for depression.
• Hold a clinical caseload and provide clinical supervision.
• Continue professional development to acquire qualification in Talking Therapies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical systems knowledge

Education

Qualification in a Talking Therapies modality PCE-CfD

Job description

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be able to work within a team environment and be thoroughly conversant with the use of clinical systems. The Band 5 counsellor will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing counselling for depression. The post holder will be expected to hold a clinical caseload and will be provided with clinical supervision. The service will provide the relevant training to acquire a qualification in a Talking Therapies modality of PCE-CfD. To acquire the Band 6 post the candidate will need to continue to hold a caseload, be accredited with a professional body, complete and pass a qualification in a Talking Therapy modality PCE-CfD. They will be responsible in providing clinical supervision to counselling colleagues.

Working for our organisation Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well‑led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this! We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million‑pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services. This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants