Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews are currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Counsellor to take on a new Locum role.
Primary Care Mental Health Counsellor Pay Rate: £27.04 per hour (assignment rate)
Location: Dudley
Contract Type: Locum, 3-months
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Benefits of working with us:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Counsellor roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a Counsellor and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Counsellors you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Counsellor provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties:
- Provide a counselling service to a designated patient population
- Assess clients and provide appropriate clinical therapeutic interventions for own workload and maintain associated records
- Perform in accordance with BACP Ethics and Guidelines and NHS local policy
- Utilise specialist knowledge of psychological frameworks and application of theories based on degree, post graduate training and experience
- Liaise with GP’s and other primary care staff and other teams and agencies attending Integrated care team meetings when required
- Clinically supervise trainees, other health professionals and colleagues
- Participate in Continuing Professional Development and other developmental activities
- Undertake Research & Development activities
Requirements of the Primary Care Mental Health Counsellor:
- Recognised counselling qualification (level 5 or above with significant relevant post qualification experience), specifically psychodynamic, person centred and / or integrative
- Currently be an accredited practitioner or working towards completion of accreditation with a professional body i.e. BACP, HPC, UKCP
- Supervisory qualification/ willing to undertake training
- Training in risk assessment/willing to undertake
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
- Be aware of, and comply with, the policies, procedures and service standard
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of working post Qualification in a GP/NHS mental health setting
- Evidence of ongoing training and development
- Knowledge of Risk Assessment/Risk Management
- Ability to identify common mental health conditions as determined by ICD10
- Experience of developing therapeutic groups
- Experience of delivering therapeutic groups
- Knowledge of appropriate agencies for client referral
- Knowledge of current professional issues
- Experience of audit and research and presentation of findings
- Specialist experience and expertise
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Ability to work within a time limit
- Ability to make use of clinical supervision
- Ability to maintain confidentiality appropriate to the setting
- Competency in working within a variety of recognised frameworks and outcome measures
- Ability to liaise and work with colleagues from other disciplines
- Skills in assessing and formulating individual intervention plans and outcome measures for adults with mental health problems
- Knowledge of NHS issues and current policies and practices in mental health
- Knowledge of Psychotropic medications
- IT Skills
- Confident
- Excellent organisational skills
- Team player
- Proven ability to work with other agencies and professionals
- Ability to lead and motivate projects and people
- Flexibility of working hours
- Enthusiastic
- Evidence of working and achieving objectives/deadlines
- Ability to commute to meet the demands of the role
Contact:
This Primary Care Mental Health Counsellor job is advertised by Ziggy Thomas; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Psychologist role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
