SESSIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPISTS / COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGISTS - WATERFORD
LOCATION: Pieta Waterford
SESSIONAL BASIS: 8 hours per week
RATE: ?**Apply on the website** per hour/session, ?**Apply on the
website** for dna/csn
We are currently recruiting for a sessional therapist who will be
called on to provide cover in our Waterford centre.
Pieta?s vision is a world where suicide, self-harm and stigma have
been replaced by hope, self-care and acceptance. Pieta provide a range
of counselling services for people who are suicidal, engage in
self-harm or who are bereaved by suicide. Pieta House also operate a
national **Apply on the website**-hour helpline (**Apply on the
website** **Apply on the website**) and a dedicated Education and
Training office. We are committed to delivering our services with care
and professionalism and continue to strive to ensure that we provide
the best service for our clients
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Conduct face to face risk & suitability assessments and implement
risk management plans as appropriate
* Provide evidence informed, brief, strengths based & goal focused
interventions
* Work in accordance with Pieta?s Policies, Procedures and
Guidelines
* Liaise and consult with other professionals in supporting the
client as required
* Maintain accurate, confidential records of practice using
Salesforce
* Participate in external clinical supervision and attend group
supervision internally in Pieta once per calendar month
* Contribute to research, audit and evaluation of the service as
required
* Fulfil obligations as per the Children First Act **Apply on the
website**
* Comply with responsibilities under the Data Protection Acts
**Apply on the website**, **Apply on the website** & **Apply on the
website** (GDPR)
* Ensure compliance with any necessary on-going psychotherapy
registration requirements
* Maintain professional and personal boundaries
* Participate in team meetings and attend other meetings as deemed
necessary
* Share information with the Lead Therapist, Regional Manager, Pieta
team and other services as appropriate in accordance with good
practice
SKILLS REQUIRED:
* Experience of working with crisis intervention and suicide
bereavement
* Knowledge of Brief Solution Focused Interventions, CBT etc.
* Ability to reflect on practice in order to facilitate personal
learning, professional development and service improvement
* Demonstrate great warmth and the ability to empathize
* Strong interpersonal & communication skills
* Ability to work co-operatively as part of a team
* Strong time management skills and capacity to prioritise competing
demands
* Ability to consult, liaise with other services as required
* Ability to foster good working relationships with external
agencies and organisations
* Build relationships with clients using the Pieta House Models of
Therapy
* Work within the ethos and philosophy of Pieta House
* Liaise with clients and their families as appropriate with regard
to assessments, outcomes, interventions and reviews
* Receive ongoing supervision
* Actively participate in Pieta House internal meetings e.g. staff
meetings, clinical meetings as appropriate
* Periodically liaise with other professionals and organisations as
appropriate
* Take responsibility for one?s own continued professional
development
* Keep up to date with best practice and procedures at all times in
line with the Code of Ethics of IACP, IAHIP, PSI, FTAI or NAPCP
NOTE: GARDA VETTING IS REQUIRED (OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES) FOR
THESE POSITIONS.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE POST SHOULD BE MADE VIA EMAIL, ATTACHING A
COVER LETTER (OUTLINING YOUR PARTICULAR SUITABILITY TO THE ROLE) WITH
AN UPDATED CURRICULUM VITAE TO **Apply on the website**?BY 5TH MARCH
**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.
_PIETA HOUSE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER_
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
