Service Care Solutions are recruiting for Primary Care Mental Health Counsellor to work a temporary position in the NHS West Midlands.
Working Hours
37.5 Monday to Friday 9-5
Pay Rate
Band 6 level
Job Roles
The post holder will be part of a team of clinicians whose responsibility it is to develop and improve services for people with common mental health problems in primary care, attended integrated care team meetings when required. Post holders will have high level of autonomy within their specific primary care setting, developing and managing all aspects of their service according to local need and within the parameters of the service operational policy.
- To provide a counselling service to a designated patient population???????
- To assess clients and provide appropriate clinical therapeutic interventions for own workload and maintain associated records
- To perform in accordance with BACP Ethics and Guidelines and NHS local policy
- To utilise specialist knowledge of psychological frameworks and application of theories based on degree, post graduate training and experience
- To assess the suitability of counselling for a range of common mental health conditions
- To assess and deliver evidence based counselling to individuals presenting with complex mental health problems
- To provide individual assessment and treatment, integrating a broad range of counselling models
- To facilitate and co-facilitate groups agreed within the service
- To offer counselling to adults with mild to moderate mental health problems who can present as distressed individuals with difficult and varied circumstances ranging from bereavement, loss and other life events.
- There is a frequent requirement for intense concentration requiring continuous re-evaluation and assessment of internal and external processes, and the formulation of appropriate therapeutic interventions
Please also bear in mind our £250 referral fee bonus for any nurse you refer who we place in to work on a 3 month contract.
We also offer a £250 sign up bonus for any new nurses that register with our agency. This will be paid in your first pay packet.
The Benefits of working with Service Care Solutions:
- DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge
- 3 weekly payroll runs
- £250 training allowance
- Excellent pay rates
- Specialist mental health consultants offering single point of contact
- Frequent notifications of upcoming opportunities via text and email
- Ltd and PAYE payment options available
- Nationwide provider of mental health staff to over 40 different NHS Trusts and over 200 local authorities
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