Counsellor - East Kent

On-site & Remote, East Kent NHS Trust Full-time/Part-time (Minimum 3 days on-site)

Does this sound like you?

You're a psychological care clinician looking to embed yourself in an organisation that can support you and help you grow, both personally and professionally. You'd love to feel encouraged and appreciated from day one, with a comprehensive onboarding experience and training for your role.

Day to day you'll benefit from one-to-one clinical and peer supervision and case management alongside a monthly programme to enable your continuous professional development.

It's important to you that the company you're part of is impactful and solves real-world problems. You're looking for an opportunity to be highly visible and absolutely integral to the growth and success of the business.

What you'll be doing (in a nutshell):

• Providing a 24/7 confidential support service via telephone, virtual, and face-to-face counselling for issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, debt advice, and family issues.
• Based on one of East Kent NHS Trust's sites, providing short-term counselling to NHS Employees in person.
• Utilising technology to stay connected to the team and engaging in home-based working, delivering structured counselling to employees across sectors.

Day to day you can expect to:

• Conduct telephone assessments and referrals for ongoing psychological support.
• Deliver video and face-to-face counselling sessions for NHS employees.
• Deliver psychoeducation workshops and trauma support.
• Signpost clients to external resources for specialist support.
• Offer real-time support to employees and managers, including high-risk cases.
• Assist the EAP team with referral work and administrative tasks.
• Work rotational shifts: 8am-4pm 12pm-8pm.
• Occasional on-call duties (max 3 times/year).
• Bank holiday cover on a rotational basis.

To be successful you'll have:

• Level 4 Diploma in Counselling (essential).
• Accredited membership with BACP / NCPS.
• Experience in telephone and face-to-face counselling.
• 400+ clinical hours post-qualification.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed approaches.
• Experience within an EAP setting (advantageous).
• Computer literacy and the ability to work autonomously and in a team.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to work in the UK and undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Why Perkbox Vivup?

In an exciting stride forward, employee benefits experts Perkbox and Vivup have joined forces to create a world-class benefits, wellbeing, and engagement platform. With over two decades of experience, our goal is to better support and engage employees, especially in the wake of recent global challenges.

Our combined strengths enable us to support over 4 million employees across 7,500 organisations through enhanced benefits and engagement solutions. Our vision is to create healthy, happy, and engaged workforces by reinventing employee benefits.

The Interview Process

Our interview process involves three main stages:

1. Application
2. 30-minute call with a member of the TA team
3. 60-minute video call with the hiring manager and another team member

Our process typically takes 2-3 weeks but we accommodate your availability. For questions, contact us at .

We are committed to inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments are available during the hiring process-just let us know.