Job Summary
This post is part of NHS funded three-year Talking Therapies High Intensity Psychotherapeutic Counselling training programme in Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD)delivered by the Metanoia Institure. Trainees will be attending their university course alongside their duties within Islington NHS Talking therapies (TT).
Main duties of the job
This is a three-year NHS Talking Therapies training role working towards a qualification as a High Intensity Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. Year one is a Band 5 foundation course. Upon successful completion, the candidate progresses to a two-year fixed-term Band 6 position in High-Intensity Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
Training involves 3 days per week with the training organisation (Metanoia Institute) and 2 days per week in-service working with clients, initially offering high intensity psychodynamic counselling and later Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD). The course will be a mixture of in person training and online live input via the zoom platform. As this is a Postgraduate level diploma, you will also be required to be able to study and write academic material at this level. Applicants must be prepared to study and write assignments outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work).
This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a busy work and study schedule.
Successful applicants will need to be in a position to begin their training at the end of September 2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree at 2:2 or above in any relevant subject, or equivalent, or Demonstrates competency via a portfolio of evidence, which meets specified academic equivalence requirements.
- Completed a Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills, (minimum of 10 days or 60 hours of face-to-face tuition at level 2 or level 3). Note: Online courses are not acceptable. L2 Award, Helping Skills and Introductory courses are not acceptable.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of having worked or volunteered with clients with mental health difficulties
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and spoken) with a range of audiences (e.g. patients, clients, colleagues)
- Demonstrate excellent team working skills
- Ability to listen to others, understand their perspective and reflect on your own responses, both your emotional ones as well as your actions
- Ability to use IT in the workplace, to communicate, keep notes & collect data.
- Ability to integrate training into practice
- Ability to meet the academic and intellectual demands of the course
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 07 August 2025
