West London NHS Trust
Staff Counsellor & Support Advisor
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About the Role
The Health at Work team is responsible for promoting and maintaining the physical and psychological health and well-being of the Trust’s staff.
We wish to recruit a qualified counsellor with experience of working in a small team to provide short term face to face counselling to staff. Training in group facilitation, mediation, EMDR and Critical Incident Stress debriefing would also be desirable. You will be based at Broadmoor Occupational Health Department (Crowthorne, Berkshire) and expected to work at St Bernard’s OH department at Ealing as and when required.
You must have or be working towards BACP accreditation or its equivalent. NHS experience is desirable but applicants without NHS experience will also be considered.
Key Result Areas & Performance
To work as part of the Staff Counselling Service delivering professional high quality proactive staff support services to employees of West London Mental Health NHS Trust and other external customers.
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- To provide a one to one counselling service to NHS staff in a Health at Work Service.
- To act ethically at all times in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner within the interdisciplinary team.
- Deliver appropriate training sessions on stress and resilience and effective witness training.
Counselling
Use counselling interventions effectively within a quality framework, valuing diversity and working with a trans-model in all areas.
- To use counselling interventions effectively with a wide range of work related and personal issues, including working with frightened or hostile defensive clients.
About West London NHS Trust
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
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- Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs.
- The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham).
- We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME.
- Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact for Further Details / Informal Visits
Name: Naomi Christophe
Job title: OH Operational Manager
Email address: naomi.christophe@nhs.net
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