• Job Description

  Req#: C9842-25-0206?language=en&page=593&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a diploma level counsellor working towards accreditation looking for experience in the NHS?

  The successful person will provide counselling to NHS staff and maintain a caseload. To undertake psychological therapy assessments including risk assessment and provide an appropriate intervention, including referring to more appropriate services if required. You will work autonomously within national professional guidelines, the professional code of ethics, the policies and procedures of Resolve Staff Support Service, and the relevant policies of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

  Please note this is a volunteer role

  Main duties of the job

  Resolve Staff Support Service has an excellent reputation for staff counselling and psychological interventions throughout Derbyshire. The service is seeking a volunteer counsellor to provide counselling for up to 5 clients per week. The placement is aimed at Diploma level counsellors working towards accreditation and accredited counsellors looking for experience in the NHS.

  Supervision and training is provided. This will require a time commitment of 1 day a week plus fortnightly supervision for 1.5 hours, and occasional team meetings and training days. A contribution towards travel expenses will be made. Counsellors will be based at Walton Hospital in Chesterfield or Clinics in Derby.

  About us

  Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

  We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

  During the pandemic response, we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

  Details

  Date posted

  28 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year pa

  Contract

  Voluntary

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  842-POE-5694-25

  Job locations

  Walton Hospital

  82 Whitecotes Lane

  Chesterfield

  S40 3HL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Professional psychological therapy Or Counselling training to Diploma level

  Desirable

  • Accreditation (or working towards) from: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, British Psychological Society. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, or equivalent.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist within a variety of settings.

  Skills and Attriutes

  Desirable

  • Knowledge and skills in the use of methods of Counselling assessment intervention and management.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Professional psychological therapy Or Counselling training to Diploma level

  Desirable

  • Accreditation (or working towards) from: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, British Psychological Society. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, or equivalent.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist within a variety of settings.

  Skills and Attriutes

  Desirable

  • Knowledge and skills in the use of methods of Counselling assessment intervention and management.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

  Address

  Walton Hospital

  82 Whitecotes Lane

  Chesterfield

  S40 3HL

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

  Address

  Walton Hospital

  82 Whitecotes Lane

  Chesterfield

  S40 3HL

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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