Northumberland Talking Therapies Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Supervisor at Sunderland Counselling Service
Contract Type: Fixed term
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Northumberland
Salary: £46,148 Pro Rata
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Northumberland
Role description: Project Support
Northumberland Talking Therapies Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Supervisor
Band: Agenda for Change Band 7 comparable
Responsible to: Northumberland Talking Therapies Locality Lead (SCS) / Northumberland Talking Therapies Clinical Lead Accountable to: Sunderland Counselling Service Clinical Lead
Location: Northumberland Talking Therapies bases in Northumberland with the opportunity for hybrid working according to service need
Hours: 15 hours / Two days per week
Sunderland Counselling Service is seeking to employ an experienced Clinical Supervisor to work within the Northumberland Talking Therapies (NTT) service, providing Talking Therapies (TT) compliant supervision for counsellors working at step 3 of the stepped care model. They will be expected to work as an integral part of the clinical management team in the service. The post holder will be supported by regular line management from the SCS Locality Lead within the service, alongside regular supervision and counselling specific management support provided by Sunderland Counselling Service.
This post will initially be offered on a 12 month contract subject to a successful probationary period of six months. If hybrid working proves successful and meets service need, this post may then be made permanent.
Ideally this post will be delivered in person, but we will permit hybrid working to enable the post holder to offer supervisions remotely alongside attending Northumberland Talking Therapies bases in persons to engage with the clinical and operational management structures of the service where appropriate. This includes but is not limited to, service development days or meetings, training and face to face supervisions according to specific need.
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities. They will be expected to provide effective clinical supervision on a one to one basis as well as group supervision and facilitating peer supervision where the service requires it.
The successful post holder will hold a recognised qualifications in counselling, PCE-CfD and clinical supervision and have significant experience of providing each. Whilst we ideally would like the post holder to hold a qualification in PCE-CfD Supervision, we would consider applications from people eligible to undertake the CfD supervisor course.
An enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required for this post.
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.
For further information about this position including the job description and application form, please visit www.sunderlandcounselling.org.uk/vacancies.
We would welcome any queries you may have regarding this post. Please contact Marianne Guthzeit, Clinical Lead at Marianne@sunderlandcounselling.org.uk in the first instance.
All applications for this post should be submitted to office@sunderlandcounselling.org.uk no later than 9am on Monday, 18th November alongside a completed equal opportunity and diversity monitoring form. Applications received after that time would not be considered.
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