Nhs Talking Therapies Councillor/modality

Are you looking for a new role in a welcoming and professional team? Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community?

We are currently seeking to recruit highly enthusiastic BACP/UKPC accredited councillors to join our growing team of DIT, CfD, CTfD, IPT and EMDR modality practitioners. You’ll be responsible for providing advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to both clinical colleagues and other non-professional carers. This varied role may also involve supervision of trainee modality trainees and other professional groups.

We are passionate about offering a great quality therapy to our patients and we are very proud to be able to consistently offer all the IAPT-approved therapies, such as -DIT (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy), IPT (Interpersonal Therapy), CfD (Counselling for Depression), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), BCT (Behavioural Couples Therapy), CTfD (Couples Therapy for Depression), and MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy). To that effect, we are committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of our staff and training in additional IAPT/NHS Talking Therapies modalities is highly encouraged.

**We would love to hear from you if you are**:

- A qualified modality practitioner with postgraduate training in counselling, psychotherapy or counselling psychology
- Fully accredited with the BACP or UKCP
- Trained in one or more IAPT approved specialist modality trainings
- Able to demonstrate good therapeutic relationships with people
- An inspirational and collaborative team player with excellent communication skills committed to improving access to psychological therapies across the Ealing borough

**What we offer**:

- A nurturing environment with the potential for future career development
- A stable, supportive and dynamic working environment
- A relocation allowance of up £8,000, if moving more than 40 miles. Please contact us for more details.
- A values driven environment - out trust values of Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we look after each other and our patients
- We promote a healthy work-life balance and operate a hybrid working week
- We offer flexible working, with full/part time opportunities available
- Regular line management and supervision
- A comprehensive CPD and reflective practice program’

There is a need to be able to work flexibly, with session based in Ealing and Southall

In order to provide a service which is accessible to our clients all staff are required to provide an evening session.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.

Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since our service launched.

The management team at Ealing IAPT is committed to staff wellbeing and we have recently commissioned a QI project on staff wellbeing, led by staff across the different staff groups within the team.

We think Ealing IAPT is a fantastic place to work