Trainee Counsellor for Depression

4 weeks ago

BurtonOnTrent, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you have a passion for working with people with depression and a desire to change people’s lives for the better?

If you have aspirations to develop and progress, our Talking Therapies team is leading the way in providing excellent opportunities for training and our focus on staff wellbeing and flexible working arrangements enable our workforce to enjoy a good work life balance

Our central location benefits from free parking, easy travelling distance of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with direct train links to Derby

**As part of the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust we offer**:

- An annual salary of £35,392
- 35 - 41 days annual leave - including bank holidays (depending on length of service)
- Ongoing career development and training
- NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes in the UK
- Wellbeing support such as access to the MPFT Staff Psychology Service and additional wellbeing days along with activities throughout the year
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Flexible working opportunities depending on the role
- Access to SOOTHE resources supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent
- Innovative research training program entitled STARS Supporting The Advancement of Research Skills
- Child Care Vouchers Scheme
- NHS discount available via the Blue Card scheme

You will work at Step 3 of the Stepped Care Model, providing assessments and NICE approved therapies across the locality, including face to face and video conferencing. The post is clinically supervised by senior clinicians in the service and is operationally responsible to the Senior Therapist and Operational Lead.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate some existing knowledge and experience of using Person Centered Counselling for treating Depression. If you would like to specialise further in this area and meet the following criteria, this would be an excellent opportunity for you:

- Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience providing brief counselling to clients with common mental health problems particularly depression
- Evidence of working towards accreditation with BACP
- Level 5 Diploma in humanistic or person centered counselling or psychotherapy
- Willing to train in Counselling for Depression

The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Wellbeing Service is a creative organisation which embraces staff ideas to constantly seek ways of taking the service forward to adapt to changing expectations.

We have strong links with academic institutions with staff from the service teaching university courses devised in conjunction with MPFT.

Our staff lead professional development sessions locally and nationally and you will be actively encouraged to develop your practice through internal and external CPD opportunities.

The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Wellbeing Service is part of the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

Key Responsibilities
- Make decisions on the suitability of new referrals, identifying the most suitable service for the patient
- Formulate, implement and evaluate individual therapy programmes for patients
- Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service.
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate
- Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies with a regard to referrals
- Promote and maintain links with services across the Trust to help co-ordinate provision of an effective Psychological Therapies Service
- Contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff working in the service

A detailed job description and personal specification listing necessary qualifications are attached. Please refer to the personal specification when writing your supporting statement.

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