Counsellor/Therapist

HSE South West provides health and social care services to Cork and Kerry.

Individual sites / location will be indicated at expression of interest stage to panel members for each individual job.

Counsellor / Therapist job opportunities will occur primarily within the HSE National Counselling Service based within the Community Health Organisations across the HSE nationwide.

A panel may be formed for the HSE South West Health Region as a result of this campaign for Counsellor/Therapist (National Counselling Service) from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

The HSE National Counselling Service (NCS) provides a professional, confidential, counselling and psychotherapy service. It is available in all HSE Community Health Organisations (CHO) areas and operates from over 240 locations throughout Ireland.

The aim of the NCS is to support clients to improve their quality of life and reduce their psychological distress through the provision of evidence-based, professional, client centred counselling.

The quantum of services provided by the NCS include provision of counselling to adults who have experienced childhood abuse, former residents of Mother and Baby Homes, individuals effected by issues in the cervical check screening programme, clients experiencing suicidal ideation/self-harm, bereavement, as well as the Counselling in Primary Care service (CIPC).

CIPC provides time limited counselling of up to 8 counselling sessions to adult General Medical Services (GMS) cardholders with mild to moderate psychological difficulties. Eligibility criteria for the service currently limit referrals to CIPC to patients holding valid GMS cards referred by their GP or Primary Care Practitioner. The CIPC model of service is aimed at providing early access to counselling.

The (CaPA) service (for adults who have experienced childhood abuse) is for moderate to severe psychological difficulties and offers medium to long term counselling contracts.

In 2021 the NCS began offering counselling to former residents of Mother and Baby Home Institutions as part of the Government agreed package of health and well-being measures.

The NCS fosters a client-centred holistic model of care based on best practice therapeutic models of clinical intervention both individual and group.

The NCS model of service includes provision of a comprehensive assessment of clients and different levels of counselling intervention depending on the nature and complexity of clients’ presenting issues. The HSE NCS provides short, medium and long term therapy contracts to clients presenting with mild, moderate and complex psychological difficulties.

More information about the NCS can be obtained from: www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/Mental_Health_Services/National_Counselling_Service/

www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/Mental_Health_Services/counsellingpc/

Please complete the attached application form.

We welcome informal queries for this campaign:

· Director of Counselling Margaret O Mahony; Email: Margaretm.omahony@hse.ie