Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust • Bracknell RG12 2UT
About this role
We have an exciting opportunity for an accredited Counsellor to join the highly successful Berkshire Talking Therapies service.
You will provide high quality, short term, evidence-based psychological interventions to people with common mental health problems who have self-referred, been referred by GPs and other referrers to Talking Therapies.
In addition, you will be expected to support wider service delivery, for example supporting triage functions, care pathways, wider risk management and stakeholder engagement.
You will also have additional opportunities, including management and supervision of staff, developing new ways of working and ensuring all targets are met.
You will also have access to a generous CPD package and opportunities for further training and development.
Therole can be based in Slough, Bracknell or Newbury. Please indicate your preferred location in the supporting statement of your application.
- This post is for a position withinone ofourBerkshire teams which are across Berkshire.
- You will be deliveringa High Intensity intervention,using a stepped care model in line with the national Talking Therapies programme and latest NICE guidance for psychological interventions.
- Youwill work with people withdifferent culturalbackgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
- Youwillbe requiredto work flexibly to cover the service hours of 8am – 8pm Monday – Thursday and 8am – 5pm Friday. This will include one evening a week plus anadditionalevening when covering groups or courses or as required by the service.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at
Berkshire Healthcare are
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role
1. WillholdTalking Therapies recognised accreditation e.g. NCS, UKCP, BACP, BABCP, HCPC
1. Be trained in a Talking Therapies modality e.g. PE-CfD, CTFD, DIT or IPT
1. Experience of working in the NHS
Ifyou’resomeone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us andlet’sbe outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate tocontact
Claire
Hall
Claire.Hall@berkshire.nhs.ukwho willbe delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants whererequired.
This advert closes on Thursday 28 May 2026
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