Palliative Care Counsellor

Integrated Care System; Salford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Salford is seeking a qualified Palliative Care Counsellor to provide flexible counselling support for clients facing life-limiting diagnoses. The role involves working within a Specialist Palliative Care team and providing clinical supervision to health care workers. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in a client-centered model. A competitive benefits package is available.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Competitive benefits package

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Significant experience in client-centered counselling.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience in primary care or mental health.
• Ability to work independently and manage own caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide counselling to clients with life-limiting diagnoses.
• Manage designated caseload efficiently and effectively.
• Adhere to BACP Ethical Framework requirements.

Skills

Client-centered model experience

Supervision experience

Therapeutic skills

IT skills

Education

Diploma-level qualification in Counselling

Registered with BACP or equivalent

Training Certificate in Supervision

Training in Relationship therapy

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Palliative Care Counsellor

The closing date is 26 August 2025

This is a position for a qualified counsellor to work flexibly across the Northern Care Alliance, providing a service for Salford residents. They will work within the Specialist Palliative Care team, and work with a selection of clients for assessment and ongoing counselling support to meet the individuals' needs. Clients will include people who have been given a life limiting diagnosis, their significant others

Thepost holder will provide counselling to adults who have been given a life limiting diagnosis, and their significant others.

The post holder will work therapeutically with clients and their families in hospital, or at a health centre.

The post holder will provide clinical supervision to health care workers within the palliative care, bereavement and chaplaincy service as directed by the line manager.

They will manage their own caseloads and supervise more junior staff or students when required.

The post holder will support learning and development of other Trust members by providing teaching sessions as directed by the line manager.

The post holder will be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of their own work and be able to work as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of clients and to manage this efficiently and effectively regarding clinical priorities and use of time.

To undertake the comprehensive specialist assessment of clients, including those with complex presentation.

To ensure a high standard of care for the clients under your management.

To provide advice, guidance and support to other members of the healthcare team as required.

To advise on alternative services for clients who are not appropriate for the Specialist Palliative Care Counselling Service, and to refer clients directly to specialist services when appropriate.

When working with adults who are parents/carers of children up to the age of 18yrs it is required that the needs of their children are assessed to ensure that appropriate services are delivered to these children and families.

To adhere to all relevant British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework (or equivalent) requirements for Counsellors.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications and profeesional requirement

• oMinimum of a diploma- level (or equivalent) qualification in Counselling.
• oBritish Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists registered or equivalent
• oTraining Certificate in Supervision
• oTraining in Relationship therapy/Couple Counselling
• BACP Accreditation or working towards accredited status

Knowledge, Training & Experience, Skills & Abilities

• oSignificant experience of working within a client centred model
• oDemonstrable post- qualification counselling experience in an NHS primary care, or mental health care setting
• oKnowledge and experience of using evaluation outcome measures
• oDemonstrate the management of therapeutic endings
• oKnowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies.
• oAbility to be self-reflective and to use Clinical Supervision appropriately
• oAbility to work independently, organise own caseload and workload
• oKnowledge and experience of basic IT skills (e.g. MS Word, Internet, Email)
• oEvidence of supervising other staff and students,
• oDemonstrate the ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentation within public, professional and academic settings.
• oAbility to travel to location within Salford.
• oKnowledge of Palliative Care work with adults
• oCar user and have their own car to travel
• oKnowledge of NHS structures, policies and procedures

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust