PCMHSS CounsellorinCaerphillyinCaerphillyPUBLISHED MON 31 MAR 2025
Opportunity to work within a supportive and psychologically-minded environment focused on mental health improvement.
Access to clinical supervision, enabling professional growth and enhanced therapeutic skills.
Chance to make a significant impact on the mental health of diverse populations, including working-age adults, older adults, and individuals with learning disabilities.
Flexibility in working hours, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
Employment with a multi-award winning NHS organisation that values and trusts its staff.
Access to extensive training and development opportunities, including paid mandatory training and pathways for career advancement.
Commitment to inclusivity, encouraging applications from individuals with protected characteristics and providing services in both Welsh and English.
Join a caring community as a PCMHSS Counsellor with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Caerphilly, where your compassion can make a real difference! We’re looking for dedicated individuals who are passionate about supporting mental health for adults and those with learning disabilities. You’ll find yourself in a role where you can truly impact lives by reducing barriers to mental health support alongside a multidisciplinary team. This permanent position not only offers clinical supervision but is part of a thriving organisation renowned for its commitment to care and employee wellbeing.
At Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, we celebrate diversity and are proud to support flexible working, understanding the importance of a healthy work-life balance—ideal for those balancing responsibilities at home. Enjoy a fantastic benefits package, extensive training opportunities, and the chance to grow your career in an award-winning NHS organisation that values your contributions. Our vision for the future includes a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence, reinforcing our commitment to your health and happiness at work. If you’re ready to embark on a fulfilling career journey, we encourage you to apply today!
At Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, we celebrate diversity and are proud to support flexible working, understanding the importance of a healthy work-life balance—ideal for those balancing responsibilities at home. Enjoy a fantastic benefits package, extensive training opportunities, and the chance to grow your career in an award-winning NHS organisation that values your contributions. Our vision for the future includes a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence, reinforcing our commitment to your health and happiness at work. If you’re ready to embark on a fulfilling career journey, we encourage you to apply today!
Opportunity to work within a supportive and psychologically-minded environment focused on mental health improvement.
Access to clinical supervision, enabling professional growth and enhanced therapeutic skills.
Chance to make a significant impact on the mental health of diverse populations, including working-age adults, older adults, and individuals with learning disabilities.
Flexibility in working hours, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
Employment with a multi-award winning NHS organisation that values and trusts its staff.
Access to extensive training and development opportunities, including paid mandatory training and pathways for career advancement.
Commitment to inclusivity, encouraging applications from individuals with protected characteristics and providing services in both Welsh and English.
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Counsellor to join the Primary Care Mental Health Support Service (PCMHSS). The team is seeking to appoint a Counsellor on a permanent term basis to address the PCMHSS adult counselling wait list .
This is an opportunity to work within a psychologically minded service with a strong commitment to the clinical governance agenda. Clinical supervision will be provided.
Main duties of the job
Working within the legislative framework of part One of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure, to improve access to mental health support at a primary care level for people with mild to moderate or stable severe mental health needs within the context of a multi-disciplinary multi-agency Primary Care Mental Health Support Service (PCMHSS).
The service is delivered to working age adults, older adults and people with a learning disability.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Experience
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Counsellor to join the Primary Care Mental Health Support Service (PCMHSS). The team is seeking to appoint a Counsellor on a permanent term basis to address the PCMHSS adult counselling wait list .
This is an opportunity to work within a psychologically minded service with a strong commitment to the clinical governance agenda. Clinical supervision will be provided.
Main duties of the job
Working within the legislative framework of part One of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure, to improve access to mental health support at a primary care level for people with mild to moderate or stable severe mental health needs within the context of a multi-disciplinary multi-agency Primary Care Mental Health Support Service (PCMHSS).
The service is delivered to working age adults, older adults and people with a learning disability.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health, primary care and/or learning disabilities services
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Essential criteria
- Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist BACP/BABCP or equivalent
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy or equivalent
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