Health and Wellbeing Counsellor/therapist

2 weeks ago


Swindon, United Kingdom Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

** Previous applicants need not apply**

The GWH’s Staff Health and Wellbeing Service is looking for an experienced counsellor to join their team and enhance the support provided to staff in the Trust.

The multidisciplinary team is made up of therapists with skills in a range of psychological approaches, each trained to deliver proactive evidence-based interventions to support staff in their health and emotional wellbeing.

The role will hold a clinical caseload providing assessments and psychological interventions, including short-term counselling. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Health and Wellbeing team to promote and deliver psycho-educational training to staff, where appropriate. This post will be varied and interesting requiring drive and enthusiasm, empathy and caring, as well as the ability to work as part of a team.

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.

Service We will put our patients first

Teamwork We will work together

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service

Respect We will act with integrity
1. To provide a variety of psychological interventions to service users who present with a range of common mental health difficulties
2. To manage a caseload working in a time-limited model, adhering to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework or equivalent.
3. To assess and work with staff on a 1:1 basis (or in a group setting, as appropriate) to deliver brief, short-term counselling.
4. To empower employees to take responsibility for their health, wellbeing and lifestyle.
5. Working alongside Health and Wellbeing colleagues to promote and deliver psycho-educational training to staff, where appropriate.
6. To support the ongoing development of the Staff Support Service in relation to the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, in line with NHS England’s Health and Wellbeing agenda for NHS staff, by maintaining a proactive approach to the provision and promotion of mental wellbeing



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