Maternal Wellbeing Counsellor
2 weeks ago
**Maternal Wellbeing Counsellor**
**Contract **Fixed term: 12 months
**Hours**
- Full time
- Part time
37.5 hours per week (May be required to work till 8pm, May be required to work occasional Saturdays.)
The maternal wellbeing team is an established part of Sandwell healthy minds and works to support women and their families affected by perinatal mental health difficulties.
The team offered counselling to people affected by pregnancy, birth, birth trauma, pre and postnatal depression as well as loss of a baby.
Client are also offered support if they are at increased risk of postnatal depression due to previous diagnosis.
**Main duties of the job**
To provide counselling to clients referred to Sandwell IAPT, within a brief framework. Counselling will be carried out in community venues. To offer evening appointments in line with service need. To offer telephone assessments to clients referred into the.
The work with clients to improve their mental health by providing counselling. Outcomes will be measured using IAPT measures, indicating when clients have moved to recovery.
To maintain up to date clear client records and case notes in line with the policies of Sandwell IAPT, and the Black Country Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (BCPFT).
To meet the service KPIs of moving 50% of clients to recovery on IAPT outcome measures.
**Working for our organisation**
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
**Person specification**
**essential and desirable.**
**Essential criteria**
- Counselling qualification level 5 or equivalent therapy qualification or nursing degree
- A minimum of 300 hours supervised counselling/nursing/therapy in a voluntary or statutory organisation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Evidence of risk assessment skills and risk assessment experience.
- Evidence of ability to complete thorough assessment of clients needs
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience working within mental health services supporting clients needs.
**Desirable criteria**
- Experience working with IAPT service
- Experience of running groups
- Experience signposting
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Temporary contract
Contract length: 12 months
**Salary**: £28,407.00-£34,581.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Flexitime
COVID-19 considerations:
All covid precautions taken
**Experience**:
- working within MH services supporting clients needs: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Counselling level 5, nursing qual or therapy qual (required)
- 300 hours supervised counselling/nursing/therapy (required)
- Evidence of continued professional development (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oldbury
Reference ID: 285-0320-MH
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