Counsellor

Bupa; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday per year

Enhanced pension & life insurance

Season ticket loan or cycle2work

Discounted online gym sessions

Annual performance-based bonus

Health insurance as benefit

Dental insurance at discounted rate

Digital GP access

Family mental health line

Financial wellbeing channels

Support for carers

Job summary

Bupa seeks a Counsellor/Psychotherapist for Mindplace in Maidstone. You will provide high-quality counselling, work in a multidisciplinary team, and liaise with internal and external services to support clients over short to longer terms.

Role offers flexible hours—minimum two days per week—with sessions from 8:00am-4:00pm and 2:00pm-10:00pm, on-site in a busy health setting. Accreditation required at application.

Qualifications

• Essential accreditation required at time of application.
• Minimum of 3 years full-time post-qualification counselling experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality counselling or brief interventions with good clinical outcomes.
• Deliver comprehensive assessments and formulations for interventions.
• Offer models including face-to-face sessions.
• Follow case management processes and collaborate with the team.
• Adhere to sessional limits based on client benefits.
• Provide signposting or onward referrals as needed.
• Deliver group psychoeducation and mental health awareness.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and policies.
• Attend regular clinical supervision and team meetings.
• Collaborate to improve client and employee experiences.

Skills

General adult mental health

EMR familiarity

Client liaison

Diary management

Time management

Interpersonal communication

Education

BACP Accredited Counsellors/Psychotherapists

NCPS Professional Accredited Registrants

UKCP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellors/Psychotherapists

3 years post-qualification counselling experience

Tools

Microsoft Systems

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

Counsellor - Mindplace (Face to Face)

Maidstone - Unit 38 Fremlin Walk Shopping Centre Maidstone, ME14 1PS
Permanent
Competitive salary + Fantastic benefits
Part-time or full time hours available: Minimum of 2 days per week

Session Requirements:

We can offer sessions from Monday to Sunday - 8:00am - 4pm and 2pm - 10pm
5 appointments per day

We make health happen

As an employee at Bupa, our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients every day.

Your Role:

As a Counsellor/Psychotherapist, you will provide high-quality, effective, and safe counselling to Bupa customers over the short, medium, or longer term. You will work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, liaising daily with internal and external services, organisations, and safeguarding agencies.

Responsibilities:

• Provide high-quality counselling or brief interventions with excellent clinical outcomes.
• Deliver comprehensive assessments and formulations to drive evidence-based interventions.
• Offer different models of service delivery, including face to face sessions
• Adhere to Bupa’s case management processes and collaborate with Clinical Leads and the wider therapy team.
• Follow sessional limits based on the client’s company benefits.
• Provide signposting or onward referrals as needed.
• Offer ad-hoc or one-off wellbeing support and coaching.
• Conduct one-off assessments and referral recommendations.
• Deliver group psychoeducation, raise mental health awareness, and promote mental wellbeing through remote presentations, workshops, and training.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and Bupa’s service policies and procedures.
• Attend regular clinical supervision and team meetings.
• Collaborate with the operational and clinical team to improve client and employee experiences.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• BACP Accredited Counsellors/Psychotherapists
• NCPS Professional Accredited Registrants
• UKCP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellors/Psychotherapists
• 3 years of full-time post-qualification counselling experience.

***Please note that accreditation is required at time of application***

Desirable:

• Training in incident support.
• Corporate experience and business understanding.

Key Skills & Experience:

• General adult mental health specialism experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Systems and electronic medical record systems.
• Ability to evaluate, plan, and prioritise workload within demanding time scales.
• Proven customer service and client liaison experience.
• Excellent clinical knowledge application.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills.
• Professional and personal drive.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and self-sufficient.
• Rapid and decisive response capability.
• Excellent team player.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing own caseload and working towards individual targets and outcomes.
• Efficient diary management and time boundary maintenance.
• High standards in written and oral communication.
• Diverse and varied clinical experience.

Personal Characteristics:

• Effective time management.
• Ability to work autonomously in a busy environment.
• Understanding of the business environment.
• Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Awareness of KPIs and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective diary utilisation planning within a two-week lead time.

Benefits:

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme, covering mental, physical, financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and offer a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing with length of service, with the option to buy or sell.
• Enhanced pension and life insurance.
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
• Discounted access to online gym sessions.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate.
• Access to our Digital GP platform on your mobile.
• Access to family mental health line.
• Financial wellbeing channels.
• Support for carers.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”. We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. We especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.