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Sunderland Counselling Service is seeking to recruit to the following positions:
Counsellor - Cancer Care Service
Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time equivalent) including a minimum of one evening per week. Part-time hours will also be considered.
Salary: £29,361 (full-time equivalent)
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Sunderland Counselling Service, John Street, Sunderland and Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland.
Sunderland Counselling Service (SCS) is seeking to appoint an effective counsellor to work as part of our Cancer Counselling Service in Sunderland.
We are a unique independent mental health charity and company limited by guarantee, acknowledged for our contribution to the community by mental health professionals, health practitioners and local and regional voluntary and statutory agencies.
The service is closely aligned with the Cancer Patient Support Centre based in Sunderland Royal Hospital and the vast majority of the referrals for the service will be received through them or specialist staff working at the hospital or from the NHS Sunderland Talking Therapies (STT) for anxiety and depression service.
Counselling will be provided from John Street and the Cancer Patient Support Centre at Sunderland Royal Hospital to ensure access is both easy and timely, so that patients can attend counselling as part of their other treatment. Occasional domiciliary visits may be necessary according to client need. The post holder may be called upon to use a personal means of transport while engaged in the work of the service for which travel expenses will be available. The role may also occasionally require the post holder to work confidentially from home depending upon client need, in these instances appointments will be offered over the telephone or online.
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of individual counselling services to adults over the age of 18 who have been diagnosed with any form of cancer or are at any stage of treatment for cancer and for whom counselling may be of benefit. Counselling will also be offered to carers and loved ones of those who have had a cancer diagnosis.
Interventions will focus on dealing with the emotional impact and effects of diagnosis and illness, increasing acceptance and understanding, identifying and developing positive coping strategies and in some instances, preparing for death.
Therapists will be expected to complete comprehensive assessment of needs with their clients and counselling will be offered as part of a six session model. Counsellors will be expected to ensure the client has access to appropriate ongoing support and liaise with partner agencies as required according to their treatment needs.
If you would like further information about this role, please contact Leanne Davis, Head of Services or Marianne Guthzeit, Clinical Lead on 0191 514 7007.
All applications for this post must be submitted by 11.59pm on Sunday, 3rd December 2023 alongside a completed equal opportunities and diversity monitoring form to office@sunderlandcounselling.org.uk. Applications received after this time will not be considered. Interviews will take place on Tuesday, 12th December 2023.
Please download below:
- Job Description
- Application Form
- GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants
- Equal Opportunity and Diversity Monitoring Document
Step 2 Counsellor – NHS North Tyneside Talking Therapies
Contract Hours: Part-time (including a minimum of one evening per week)
Salary: AfC Band 6 Comparable (£35,392) FTE pro-rata (Accredited)
£29,361 FTE pro-rata (not Accredited)
Application deadline: 11:59pm on 26th November 2023
We are looking to recruit a qualified and experienced counsellor on a permanent 0.5 FTE basis (18.75 hours a week) to join our established team in North Tyneside to deliver Step 2 Counselling within the NHS North Tyneside Talking Therapies service. The post holder will be expected to work 2.5 days a week on the following working pattern:
Wednesday: 09:00 – 17:00
Thursday: 15:45 – 19:30
Friday: 09:00 – 17:00
You will be required to deliver services from the base in Wallsend and a range of health and community venues throughout the borough of North Tyneside.
We are looking for a competent qualified counsellor with significant post qualification experience of counselling adults, who will be able to work independently and is aware of how to make use of the outcome measures required when working within an NHS Talking Therapies service. Experience of working within an NHS Talking Therapies service is ideal, or of working within a time-limited framework.
You will use a range of counselling interventions to provide short-term individual counselling (up to six sessions) either face to face, via telephone, or video, to adults from different cultural backgrounds and ages who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health conditions. You will also complete assessments for new referrals into the service and facilitate counselling support groups.
The successful candidate will be paid at Agenda for Change Band 6 comparable salary (£35,392) FTE pro-rata if Accredited with the BACP or an equivalent professional body. If you are a member of the BACP or member of an equivalent professional body and are not yet Accredited, you will be paid at a salary of £29,361 FTE pro-rata.
You will be employed by Sunderland Counselling Service and entitled to our employee benefits such as 30 days annual leave FTE pro-rata, access to our free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bike2Work Scheme, self-care group, access to training provided by the service as well as SCS, and be part of a supportive team which emphasises the importance of continuing personal and professional development. This will include a focus on training in NHS Talking Therapies compliant modalities, specifically Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression.
If you would like further information about the post, please contact Linda Collins, Operations Manager at Linda.Collins@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk.
To apply, please download the Application Pack.
All completed applications, alongside a completed Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, must be sent to Linda.Collins@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk by 11:59pm on 26/11/2023. Applications received after this time will not be considered.
Interviews will take place on Microsoft Teams shortly following the closing date.
Please download below:
- Job Description
- Application Form
- GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants
- Equal Opportunity and Diversity Monitoring Document
