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Job description

As an RSRT Senior Therapist, you will deliver high quality, person centred mental health support within community based services. You will carry out standardised psychological assessments and develop clear, advanced formulations to guide the delivery of time limited counselling interventions for people aged 16 and over. You will play a key role in promoting early help seeking, reducing barriers to access, and strengthening community connections. The role offers the opportunity to work creatively and flexibly, supporting resilience and recovery while helping to build healthier, more connected communities. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Conduct standardised initial assessments, advanced collaborative formulation to include safety management and inform recommendation for treatment and agree counselling goals.
• Manage the allocation of referrals based on the outcome of the initial assessment.
• Administer standardized self-report outcome measures (e.g., CORE-OM / PHQ - 9 / GAD-7/AUDIT.
• Deliver individual counselling interventions to people experiencing mild to moderate mental health and psychosocial difficulties. This could include anxiety, low mood, trauma related presentations, substance misuse and self harming behaviours.
• Apply high fidelity, evidence informed therapeutic modalities in line with service specifications (e.g. Motivational Interviewing, person centred and CBT informed approaches).Promote behaviours that increase resilience and prevent deterioration.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• To be flexible as the role may involve travelling and working at various locations and times.
• Possess a full current driving licence and access to a car. Business insurance is also a requirement for this role.
• Consideration will be given to alternative travelling proposals in respect of applicants with a disability who cannot hold a driver’s licence.
• A professional Diploma in Counselling, covering psycho-dynamic, CBT and humanistic models of intervention or a person centred approach
• Fully accredited membership with a professional registration Body (BACP category B/IACP, BABCP, UKCP, NCPS professional registrant or equivalent).
• 5 years post qualifying experience in Counselling and Psychotherapy, 3 years of which should include experience of providing clinical guidance, and direction in the assessment and management of risk and complex case presentations.
• Experience of delivering training to external stakeholders or employees.
• Experience of providing line management and clinical supervision to employed and associate counsellors, ensuring safe and ethical practice, effective caseload management, and ongoing professional development.
• Ability to appropriately escalate concerns to the Clinical Manager when required.
• Experience of working with adults presenting with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the presentations of substance misuse and self-harming behaviours.
• A minimum of 450 hours of supervised clinical practice.
• Experience of assessment, management, and escalation of risk and or serious safeguarding concerns and including liaising with GP’s, multidisciplinary mental health, and allied professionals.
• Experience of undertaking standardised clinical assessments, formulation and delivering evidence-based or specialist treatment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft Office and of using a client management system.