# Specialist Counsellor

**Company**: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Specialist Counsellor to join our Haringey's Talking Therapies service, offering high-quality therapies in a supportive environment. As a Specialist Counsellor, you will provide assessment and high-intensity psychological interventions to adults with a range of mental health difficulties.

You will be working with adults with anxiety and depression disorders using CBT or providing specialist counselling using a Talking Therapies-approved modality.

Key responsibilities include:

- Accepting referrals via agreed protocols within the service

- Assessing clients for suitability for Counselling using one of the Talking Therapies-approved Counselling models

- Contributing to diagnostic decisions and advising on the suitability of new referrals

- Formulating, implementing, and evaluating therapy programmes for clients

- Making assessments of risk for patients and others and taking appropriate action when necessary

- Educating and involving family members and others in treatment as necessary

The role requires:

- A PG Diploma in CBT or a related field, or a registered doctoral-level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology

- Experience of working in mental health services and providing evidence-based psychological interventions

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

We offer:

- Regular high-quality individual supervision

- Ongoing CPD opportunities, including specialist therapy trainings

- Flexible working patterns to allow for a good work-life balance

This is a hybrid role, requiring part-time work in one of our locations around Haringey and part-time home working.

The salary range is £55,524 to £62,652 per annum.

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## Skills

### Required
- CBT
- counselling
- mental health
- psychological interventions

### Nice to have
- supervision
- training
- languages other than English

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