Trainee Placement Scheme
Trainee Counsellors and Psychotherapists: we are currently organising 1st and 2nd Interviews for our Trainee Placement Scheme for trainees at Diploma Level or above in GP surgeries in Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon
In a nutshell...
It is estimated that 1 in 3 GP appointments involve emotional distress and mental health issues. There is an alarming increase in unhappiness and self harm, particularly in young people. The Counsellors' Collective is working to help with the challenges facing Primary Care and the increasing pressure on services, particularly mental health services.
One way we are doing this is through our Trainee Placement Scheme. By matching the best emerging counsellors with the most visionary GP surgeries we believe we have a Scheme through which everyone benefits.
First of all, what does the Counsellors' Collective do?
We
- will adhere to the General Medical Council good medical practice guidelines involving 'Delegation of Care'. This is to do with ensuring
that GPs can be confident that they are referring their patients to people who are adequately trained and supervised. This is very different from signposting them to an organisation.
- will offer training at very low cost that will enhance their practice
- will collect outcome measures (CORE) and feedback information to the surgeries
- will maintain communication with trainees, surgeries and training colleges
- continually evaluate the Scheme to ensure it is of the highest quality
What about the trainees
They
- are selected from recognised and accredited counselling and psychotherapy training courses
- demonstrate to us that they have the qualities necessary for working in a GP Practice
- will have their own personal indemnity insurance, enhanced DBS certificate, and belong to the trainee section of an appropriate professional body such as the UKCP, BACP or BPS
- be supervised by Counsellors' Collective fully qualified Supervisors with relevant and essential knowledge of Primary Care, and particularly issues involving the protection of children and vulnerable adults
- may be qualified therapists and will almost certainly have considerable life experience. However, for these placements they are all referred to as 'trainees' and follow the structure of the scheme.
And the Host Surgeries
- will be able to offer their patients additional choice of therapeutic support - at least 3 hours / week of face-to-face counselling
- will provide a suitable room for the trainee to use
- will provide a named clinician who will offer additional information and advice to the trainee about medical issues such as the effects of medication and how the combination of medical and therapeutic support may best help the patient.
Overview map available at: http://u.osmfr.org/m/182475/
Overview Map Instructions available at: http://www.counsellorscollective.co.uk/cocolinks/OverviewMapInstructions.pdf
We are continually re-evaluating our Trainee Scheme and it is always a 'work in progress' which reflects the ongoing nature of therapist development and the personal journey we are all on... patient, counsellor, doctor, nurse, health service..
Our selection process is rigorous, and our support for our trainees and host surgeries as consistent and robust as we can make it.
We are always delighted to be contacted for more information! Please get in touch with us at info@counsellorscollective.co.uk