Counsellor

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Counsellor to join the Counselling and Psychological Therapies for Depression team at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board. The post-holders will be part of an innovative and enthusiastic team of counsellors and psychological therapists.

We are a blended service the postholder will combine working at our CRI base and/or a locality clinic with working remotely offering digital healthcare.

Our team of enthusiastic counsellors and therapists provide high intensity counselling and psychological therapy interventions for people with both 'less severe' and 'more severe depression', depression with comorbid anxiety, and depression with clinical complexity.

Within our service we offer a range of interventions depending on the needs of the client. Referrals are made by GPs to PMHSS for a Part 1 assessment, and then to onward us when indicated. We are part of a large and progressive Health Board within the Directorate of Psychology and Psychological Therapies. We support CPD and offer regular group and individual consultative supervision.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

You will find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

• Post-Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling, CBT, Counselling, or equivalent.
• BACP accredited or equivalent (e.g. UKCP, BABCP, HCPC, IPTUK,)

• Masters degree in Counselling/Integrative or Psychotherapy/equivalent
• Further training in condition specific interventions (IPT, EMDR, TF-CBT, CFT, Schema)

• To have a minimum of 450 supervised client hours clinical experience
• Experience of working with brief, focussed interventions and/or evidence based psychological therapy interventions

• Awareness/Experience of working in a managed PT or counselling service in the NHS, private, or 3rd sector
• To have experience of collecting audit data relevant to counselling/PT

• Communication and relationship skills
• Analytical and judgement skills
• To be able to use a computer and software systems as required

• Good interpersonal skills
• Reliable and able to be flexible to the needs of the service

• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner

• Ability to speak Welsh/other non-English languages, and a willingness to use this ability, where relevant, in the work context.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI)
Glossop Road
Cardiff
CF24 0JT

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