Dear Applicant, Re: Counselling Placement with Anchor Counselling. Thank you for your interest in Anchor. About Anchor:

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1 Dear Applicant, Re: Counselling Placement with Anchor Counselling Thank you for your interest in Anchor. About Anchor: We began by offering support to women in the Boroughs of Ealing and Slough. Now we offer counselling services to NHS referred patients for the London Borough of Hounslow. As part of this we are looking for a small select group of trainee counsellors to join our team. What we offer: Each trainee would be able to see three clients a week from one of our NHS locations. We have bases in Chiswick, Feltham, Hounslow, Twickenham and Brentford. Trainees would be able to gain familiarity with the IAPT and NHS systems. We will provide training for this. We have qualified accredited supervisors who will provide free group supervision fortnightly for 2 hours. The groups would not be larger than three trainees. You will gain experience of short-term counselling up to six sessions. You will learn how you use NHS tools on measuring recoveries. You will also be able to attend in-house CPD. You will have a structured induction with your line manager. If this interests you please consider applying by completing the application form. After shortlisting we will contact you to arrange an interview as soon as possible. If you would like an informal conversation please do call us on between 10am-4pm Monday Friday or info@anchorcounselling.org We look forward to hearing from you, Kind Regards, Selina Patankar-Owens Operations Manager 1

2 Anchor Counselling Before you complete the form please ensure you meet our essential criteria. Section One: Personal Information Full Name (with title) Address: Telephone: Languages you can work in including if you can use sign language: Can you work with interpreters? Yes No Membership of Professional Bodies & Membership Number (BACP/UKCP/BPS etc.): Are you currently in personal therapy? Yes No. If Yes, How long have you been in therapy? If selected for placement, when would you be able to start? /. What days/times would you be available? College/University etc. Is the course accredited by the BACP or equivalent? Dates Attended Qualifications Other Relevant Courses How many client hours do you have so far?. Are you currently on any other placements? YES / NO If yes, - Where & how long for? / - If you have finished your placement, please state when & the reason/s for ending 2

3 Section Two: Work Experience Please provide details of previous work experience over the last ten years, starting with your current employer. This can include any unpaid or voluntary work you may have undertaken. Please explain any gaps in your employment history. (Use additional sheets if necessary) Name & Address of Employer (BLOCK CAPITALS) Position Held/Main Duties From (Year & month) To (Year & month) Reasons for leaving Section Three: Additional Information What do you understand from the term diversity and how does it influence your therapeutic work? 3

4 Describe an ethical dilemma you have encountered and how you dealt with the situation. What is necessary to keep in mind when working in a short term way? Personal Statement Using the Person Specification as a guide (giving examples), please describe (in no more than 500 words) why you are interested in being a Trainee Counsellor at Anchor Counselling. Include the skills, knowledge and experience you believe you possess that will support your application and what you feel you will bring to this position. Word Count: 4

5 Section Four: Disclosure & Declaration Disclosure of any information does NOT automatically exclude you from obtaining a placement at Anchor-The Counselling Practice. However, failure to disclose any such information may result in the refusal or the termination of a placement at Anchor Counselling. We will run a DBS check once you are accepted into post. Have you ever or are you currently the subject of any criminal, civil investigatory or disciplinary proceedings or enquiries? Yes (please declare on an attached statement) No Have you ever or are currently been refused/expelled from membership of any professional body/register or training course? Yes (please declare on an attached statement) No Please provide details of two referees you are happy for us to approach; one of whom should be your present college tutor. Friends or family will not be accepted as referees. We will only contact referees if you are offered a placement. FIRST REFERENCE SECOND REFERENCE Name: Address: Name: Address: Job Title: Relationship to you: Tel No: address: Job Title: Relationship to you: Tel No: address: I understand that the information I have given on this form is accurate and may form part of my contract. If this information is found to be false my placement may be terminated. Signed Date Once we receive your completed application form, we will send you a receipt of acknowledgement. Special Requirements Do you need any special aids to attend for interview or reasonable adjustments to be made at work? YES NO If yes, please advise us of your requirements 5

6 Trainee Person Specification Before you complete the form please ensure you meet our essential criteria. Essential To be in the advanced stages of training (at least second year) or newly qualified. Accredited courses can be found on the following links. BACP UKCP To be on a BACP/UKCP/BPC equivalent recognised qualification, or to have completed the proficiency To be able to commit to a 12 month contract. To be in personal therapy for the duration of the placement. To be a Member of BACP or equivalent professional organisation for the duration of the placement. To be able to manage casework/work to specific guidelines including inputting into NHS/Anchor databases as appropriate. To have an understanding of the importance of supervision and show the willingness to learn. To commit to attending supervision with Anchor. To be able to work as part of a team. To have an understanding of time-limited counselling work. To have knowledge of and adhere to the Ethical Frameworks of BACP or UKCP. To have an understanding of Equal Opportunities in a counselling environment. To have previous experience of counselling work or equivalent supportive roles. To have good IT skills. To have good time management skills. To have personal indemnity insurance. Desirable To have previous counselling experience within NHS or charitable settings To have current DBS disclosure To be able to provide counselling support in another language To have experience of working with interpreters. To be able to work in different locations across the borough Please send your completed form via to info@anchorcounselling.org Should you need additional sheets of paper please attached these to the back of this application, and clearly number and label the pages. Anchor Counselling The Meadows Centre for Health Chinchilla Drive Hounslow TW4 7NN t e. info@anchorcounselling.org w. 6

7 Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form Anchor Counselling is committed to its Equal Opportunities Policy. In order to monitor the effectiveness of our policy we request all applicants provide the information indicated. All decisions concerning recruitment, training etc. will be made with regard only to the requirements of the job and will not be influenced by any consideration of ethnic origin, gender, disablement, age, marital status, sexual orientation, religious belief or social background. In order to monitor our performance against this policy, we ask all applicants to provide the information listed below. This will remain anonymous and confidential and will NOT be used as part of the selection procedure. It is purely to provide us with a statistical summary to see if we need to alter our recruitment procedures to achieve greater compliance with our equal opportunities policy. Please indicate which of the following apply to you. Male Female Transgender Choose not to disclose Do you consider yourself disabled? YES NO Choose not to disclose If Yes, Are you registered disabled? YES NO Ethnic origin questions are not about nationality, place of birth or citizenship. They are about colour and broad ethnic group. UK citizens can belong to any of the groups indicated. Would you describe your ethnic origin as: White Irish Black Caribbean Black African Black other (please describe) Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other (please describe) Choose not to disclose 7