Intensity counsellor

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of patients referred to Harrow Talking Therapies for High Intensity Counselling.
• Formulate and implement plans for the specialist psychotherapeutic treatment and/or management of patients' mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of those problems derived from a broad theoretical knowledge of counselling.
• Be responsible for implementing a range of specialist High Intensity Counselling, and other IAPT modalities interventions for individual patients, couples and groups.
• Comply with caseload and set activity requirements which include number of contacts and recovery rates.
• Regular and prompt entry of clinical data relating to patients on caseload.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate therapy programmes and progress.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors.

The Counselling Team is a friendly, highly experienced and supportive team of clinicians. The post holder will receive regular supervision and support from the senior management team, as well as benefit from support and guidance from colleagues, regular reflective practice, and highly specialist CPD. Clinicians work collaboratively across the wider Service which has close links with our Community Mental Health Hub and local organisations and charities.

Our Counselling team provides assessment and treatments in brief counselling and IAPT modalities: DIT, IPT, PCE-CfD and CTfD. The team is substantially psychodynamic or integrative in approach. The Service is open Monday - Wednesday 8.00am to 8.00pm and Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm. Posts are offered with 5 days (37.5hrs) per week, one day of which must be a Wednesday and the required office day is Thursday and one evening shift to 8pm is required.

The Service offers telephone, video and face-to-face sessions dependent on patient need. Staff currently work with a balance of office and home-based practice, with a generous allowance made for home-based working. Harrow Talking Therapies is based in Harrow Weald, an easy walk from the Underground Station. The Service forms part of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of patients referred to Harrow Talking Therapies for High Intensity Counselling.
• Formulate and implement plans for the specialist psychotherapeutic treatment and/or management of patients' mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of those problems derived from a broad theoretical knowledge of counselling.
• Be responsible for implementing a range of specialist High Intensity Counselling, and other IAPT modalities interventions for individual patients, couples and groups.
• Comply with caseload and set activity requirements which include number of contacts and recovery rates.
• Regular and prompt entry of clinical data relating to patients on caseload.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate therapy programmes and progress.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors.
• Discharge patients as appropriate and arrange follow-up as appropriate on completion of therapy.
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, discharge and onward referral.
• Assess and manage clinical risk to self and others. Involve other agencies as appropriate.
• Comply with relevant professional standards and guidelines.
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping.
• Exercise responsibility for professional self-governance.

Our Service seeks a High Intensity Accredited Counsellor (Band
7) with a particular interest, experience and firm commitment to working to deliver effective brief treatments. The service works across diverse patient groups presenting with a wide range of psychological difficulties.

To qualify for Band 7 applicants would need qualification in at least one IAPT approved modality. A supervision qualification is desirable. The posts can be recruited to at two bandings, dependent on experience and qualifications:

Band 7:
We seek experienced clinicians who have an interest in applying clinical practice in a variety of other ways to develop the service performance and clinical outcomes. The post offers a range of developmental opportunities including Screening, Supervision, lead areas, waiting list/pathway management, audit & research. Experience is…