Classifieds

Role: Lead Therapist

Location: Remote – within the Republic of Ireland

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent, full-time

Annual Leave: 26 days per annum

Role and Responsibilities:

This role is to support and mentor a group of pre accredited Therapists. You will work closely with the group to ensure they are completing clinical hours and guide them through their work in line with our model and training. You will also carry out assessments, and work with clients.

Reporting directly to the Regional Manager this role ensures quality in service delivery and consistency in approach. 

This role will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Promote and maintain the ethos of Pieta which is rooted in compassion and care
• Monitor and support therapists in the delivery of safe, high quality therapeutic interventions
• Review and maintain knowledge of requirements for therapists working towards accreditation
• Support Therapists in bringing issues to clinical supervision
• Provide mentoring and guidance to pre-accredited Therapists
• Ensuring all therapists attend individual and group supervision
• Consult and collaborate with Lead Therapists and Regional Managers in regard to development of pre-accredited therapists
• Ensure best practice, and support access to the service in line with our service model and ensure that risk management strategies are implemented and reviewed as needed
• Provide one to one Therapy to clients
• Probation and performance management and individual management support meetings
• Oversee staff training, inductions, rostering and record completion
• Oversee file management in-line with GDPR, data protection and confidentiality
• Implement all policies and procedures and monitor and ensure compliance by all staff
• Liaise with Regional Support Coordinator and Regional Manager for appropriate allocation of clients and waiting lists
• Maintain an agreed clinical caseload 
• Work within an agreed budget
• Maintain relationships with the accrediting bodies
• Ensure best practice in clinical governance, up to date accreditation and insurance

Essential Education, Skills and Experience:

• Be fully accredited with IACP, IAHIP, PSI, NAPCP or equivalent
• A minimum of two years supervisory or management experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office 
• Experience of working with a broad cross section of staff and professionals, across agencies/communities
• Be interested in and demonstrate a belief and enthusiasm for the work of Pieta
• Experience with databases an advantage (e.g. Salesforce CRM)

 

Applications for this post should be made via the website or by email to recruitment@pieta.ie by 23rd June 2021. Please attach a CV and cover letter outlining your particular suitability to the role.

 

Please Note: Garda Vetting is required of the successful candidate

PIETA HOUSE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Mobile Technology, Covid-19, and Psychotherapy:

How do you engage with technology in your clinical practice?

 

Dear Colleague,

This is an invitation to participate in a study titled ‘An Investigation of Differences in Irish Psychotherapists' Use and Perception of Mobile Technology’ which is part of my thesis in the MSc of Psychotherapy at Dublin City University.

As technology becomes increasingly common in many aspects of our lives it is important to understand how psychotherapists perceive and utilize it in practice, particularly now with the outbreak of Covid-19.

Mobile technology includes many of the ways we interact with clients such as texting, email, phone calls, video calls, mobile phone applications ‘apps’, smart watches and other wearable technology, virtual reality, and more.

You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a student/trainee psychotherapist, pre-accredited psychotherapist, or accredited psychotherapist that has been seeing clients for at least one year and has been living and practicing in the Republic of Ireland during that time. This study consists of an online survey that will only take approximately 15 minutes to complete, and does not require having experience using mobile technology in a clinical setting. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and anonymous.

Please click this link to participate in this research:

https://dcusciencehealth.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25Aui3MprFTQOq2

If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact researcher Connor Cahill at connor.cahill24@mail.dcu.ie

Thank you for your time,

Connor Cahill
MSc in Psychotherapy
Dublin City University

With the easing of COVID19 restrictions on Outdoor Gatherings and Intercounty Travel, I’m delighted to announce the return of my onsite “Experiential Outdoor Workshop for Therapists”

Date: Saturday 26th June 2021

Price: €120 (6hrs CPD)

Venue: Ennistymon Co. Clare

Max Participants: 10

Are you an IAHIP Accredited or Pre-Accredited member interested in integrating nature into your therapy practice or taking therapy sessions outside? If so, this highly interactive and practical course may be of interest to you.

Join me in exploring your own process outdoors, engaging with the natural world and with other like-minded professionals. This workshop would complement another longer CPD training in outdoor therapy or could give you a taster of how it may be to work outdoors prior to considering a further training. If you are already seeing clients outdoors this will provide a space for you to discuss your practice and gain more experience of being a client in the outdoors. Also, very importantly this will be a day to give yourself time to ‘just be’ in nature.

Course Structure:

• The Workshop is experiential and held entirely outdoors in a rich natural space
• Participant numbers are limited to enhance the personal experience and processing time.
• The day will include nature-based exercises and reflections
• Time will be given to peer counselling (dyad work) so that you can experience both being therapist and client outdoors and process that experience in the group.
• The site contains a waterfall, river, woodlands with a path, and wilder woodland area
• The Falls Hotel is also situated onsite where we will meet in the morning for outdoor coffee/tea and will have access to toilet facilities etc.

 

​For Full Details check out my website:

https://www.joannehanrahan.ie/outdoor-experiential-training

 

Role: Pre-Accredited Psychotherapists / Counselling Psychologists – Nationwide

Location: Pieta Centre’s Nationwide

Contract: Permanent

Essential Qualifications:

(i) A recognized qualification at minimum Level 7 or higher qualification on the NQAI framework in Counselling or a Level 9 in Counselling Psychology.

AND

(ii) Be a pre accredited Psychotherapist / Counselling Psychologist with at least 300 hours of client work completed with IACP, BACP, IAHIP, FTAI, IAPTP, APPI, APCP, NAPCP, PSI or ICP.

Role & Responsibilities:

The role of the Pre Accredited Therapist is to provide professional and compassionate therapeutic support to individuals who are in suicidal or self-harm crisis and those bereaved by suicide. With the support of the Lead Therapist and wider team you will have the opportunity complete your clinical hour requirements to progress to a fully accredited Therapist with Pieta.

• Provide evidence informed, brief, strengths based & goal focused interventions
• Work in accordance with Pieta’s Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
• Liaise and consult with other professionals in supporting the client as required
• Ensure clinical records are properly and accurately maintained as required
• Attend external clinical supervision twice per month (paid by Pieta) and attend group and internal supervision internally in Pieta once per month
• Contribute to research, audit and evaluation of the service as required
• Fulfil obligations as per the Children First Act 2015
• Comply with responsibilities under the Data Protection Acts 1988, 2003 & 2018 (GDPR)
• Ensure compliance with any necessary on-going psychotherapy registration requirements
• Maintain professional and personal boundaries
• Participate in team meetings and attend other meetings as deemed necessary
• Share information with the Lead Therapist, Regional Manager, Pieta team and other services as appropriate in accordance with good practice

Skills Required

• Ability to engage adults and children in assessment and therapeutic work
• Experience of working with crisis intervention and suicide bereavement
• Knowledge of Brief Solution Focused Interventions, CBT etc.
• Ability to reflect on practice in order to facilitate personal learning, professional development and service improvement
• Demonstrate great warmth and the ability to empathize
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Ability to work co-operatively as part of a team
• Strong time management skills and capacity to prioritise competing demands

Hours & Salary:

12 & 16 hours per week over 3 & 4 days (including x1 evening) €18.50 per hour

Note: Garda Vetting is required (of the successful candidates) for all positions.

Applications for the above should be made through our website or via email, attaching a cover letter (outlining your particular suitability to the role) with an updated Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@pieta.ie by 23rd June 2021.

PIETA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

A clinical room for psychotherapist is available to rent in a new modern GP practice in the heart of Central Park, Dublin 18.

An excellent opportunity to establish your own psychotherapy clinic where you will be running your own business, but availing advantages of being part of a multidisciplinary medical service in a GP practice. 

Reception and administration included in price.

For further details contact:

Dr.castell@centralparkmedical.ie

0831306217

Dublin Counselling Service is now offering ONLINE Supervision

lan Trimble. MA. MIAHIP. SIAHIP.
MIACP. SIACP
Ph: 0871653521
Email: alan@dublincounsellingservice.ie

Breda Trimble. BA. MIACP. SIACP
Ph: 0876757873
Email: breda@dublincounsellingservice.ie

Alan and Breda are Accredited Senior Clinical Psychotherapists and Supervisors who are trained in E-Therapy and Online Counselling

FEE: €70

For further information check out our website at https://dublincounsellingservice.ie

Irish Society of Jungian Analysts

in conjunction with the

Irish Analytical Psychology Association

Presents

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Thursday, 24th June - 8.00pm to 9.00pm GMT

Exploring our Response at a Cellular level to the Pandemic:  through the lens of Jung, Woodman and Neuroscience.

Patricia Llosa in conversation with Marian Dunlea


Marian Dunlea M.Sc., ISJA, IAAP, is a Jungian analyst and somatics practitioner who has been leading workshops internationally for the past 30 years integrating body and soul. She is head of the BodySoul Europe training programme, part of the Marion Woodman Foundation. With the development of her unique approach BodyDreaming, Marian incorporates developments in neuroscience, trauma therapy, attachment theory with Jungian psychology, and the phenomenological standpoint of interconnectedness. Her book, BodyDreaming in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma, Routledge won the Gradiva Award for best book, 2019 with NAAP - National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and is Co-Winner of the International Association for Jungian Studies 2020 Best book award. https://www.mariandunlea.com


Patricia Llosa, MFA, LP, is a Peruvian-American Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. She earned her undergraduate degree in archaeology and art history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and did graduate work at The School of Visual Arts.  For more than 20 years she worked as an administrator and educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  A graduate of Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms® Leadership Training Program, a Woodman Foundation Faculty Member and Board Member for 15 years she has taught workshops in Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Spain. Presently, she serves on the board of The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism and is on the faculty of the Assisi Institute and the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association.

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Moderator for this presentation: Lydia Campbell

Recorded link will be available for 2 weeks after the event for registered participants only. It is not for public distribution.

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Cost: €20 / Students: €15
Booking enquiries, please contact Nola at:
isja.events@gmail.com

Receipt of payment deadline is Tuesday, 22nd June.
Payment is by bank transfer only so please allow enough time for your bank to process the transaction.
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Keep an eye out for our Autumn programme 

Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision (DC768)

Advance your career in clinical supervision with our one-year part-time programme providing training and supervision skills development, in dominant theoretical approaches, conceptual models​ ​and modes of clinical supervision.

The Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision is suitable for experienced and accredited counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, nurses, mental health and health and social care professionals who are seeking professional and career development.

It will also provide a university-accredited training for supervisors who are currently providing supervision but do not have formal supervision training.

Applications for entry in September 2021 close on June 21st.

E: lilija.prialgauskiene@dcu.ie 

W: www.dcu.ie/dc768

Job title: Counselling Coordinator

About Us:
At Dublin Simon Community, we are passionate about making home a reality.

Our aim is to empower people to access and retain a home by providing housing, prevention services, addiction treatment, emergency response and other targeted interventions, through advocacy and partnership.

Requirements specific to this role:

Organisational

• To deputise in the absence of the counselling service manager as required

• Be the first point of contact with internal & external referral agents

• To allocate counselling referrals to counselling team as required

• To attend meetings, conferences etc., as required by counselling coordinator

• Manage counselling room booking systems

• Support service manager in the recruitment of volunteer counsellors

• Provide service induction to incoming volunteer counsellors

• To undertake research projects as directed by counselling coordinator

Clinical

• The coordinator is required to maintain a clinical caseload in proportion to other duties of their role. Assist in the development & delivery of group facilitation & training programmes.
• To establish appropriate contracts in relation to clients to facilitate the counselling process
• To attend for regular external clinical supervision in accordance with professional code of ethics and organisational policy.
• To inform and facilitate clients in accessing other appropriate Health Care and support services
• Facilitate informal drop in counselling clinic programme, and provide crisis interventions as needed.
• Maintain accurate, confidential records of clinical practice in line with code of conduct, ethics and to operate within the organisations policies and procedures.

Administration & Accountability

• To prepare reports as required by the counselling manager
• To engage in in-service and other relevant training opportunities and to keep up to date with new developments in the area of counselling
• To compile monthly statistics as required
• To implement counselling software systems as per service requirements

Service Development and Evaluation

• To play an active role in the promotion and development of the service, and ensuring counselling website brochures etc, are up to date.
• To engage in clinical audit, quality initiatives and service evaluation

Requirements of all Dublin Simon staff

• Commitment to the purpose of Dublin Simon Community and to work within the values, policies and procedures of the organisation and in the context of current legislation and regulations
• To participate in regular supervision with counselling manager
• To actively participate in team and other meetings and service reviews/ evaluations and to contribute to the development of policy and practice within your area of work and within Dublin Simon as a whole
• To report any area of concern to your Manager in a timely manner
• To show reasonable flexibility in relation to hours of attendance to meet the needs of the work. Work during unsocial hours may be required.
• Have a flexible approach to the work in response to organisational change, development and review of best practice.
• Participate in and engage with a performance management programme.
• Identify training needs with your line manager and participate in training opportunities appropriate to the role
• To be vigilant to any Health, Safety and Welfare risks in the workplace and bring any concerns to the attention of your line manager or Health & Safety Representative
• To participate in the efficient flow of information within the organisation by sharing and seeking information as appropriate
• To undertake other duties as may be requested by the line manager from time to time
• To undertake your work in a manner that is friendly, flexible and informal.
  
  
  

Person Specification

Essential:

• A Degree in psychotherapy recognised by the IAHIP / IACP or equivalent.
• Fully accredited with IAHIP/ IACP or equivalent
• Understanding of the impact of childhood abuse and trauma
• Understanding of why and how people become homeless and the needs they have in order to exit their situation out of homelessness
• Assessing clients’ suitability for counselling/psychotherapy
• Working within a range of therapeutic approaches
• Providing short and long term therapy contracts
• Working with traumatised clients in one-to-one and group settings
• Responding appropriately to a range of mental health issues
• Operating notification procedures in relation to child protection
• Assessing risk and manage it appropriately
• Incorporating relevant legislation, agreed policy directives and professional guidance into work practice
• Operating professional and personal boundaries
• Appreciation of the importance of professional and personal support systems
• Full or part time experience providing counselling in a homeless service setting.
• Experience of counselling evaluation & management software applications
• Experience in intake and allocation of client referrals
• Experience of developing and delivering a range of clinical & psychoeducational groups.
• Experience of conducting client assessments

Desirable:

• Masters in counselling/psychotherapy or mental health.
• Over twos year full accreditation with IACP/IHIP or equivalent
• Full driving license
• 24 months full time/part time providing counselling in a homeless service. Experience of providing outreach and in reach informal counselling.
• Knowledge of CORE software.
• Experience of facilitating groups to clients who are vulnerable to homelessness.
• Knowledge of the CAMS approach to suicidality.
  

Core Competencies:

• Developing external relationships
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• Co-ordination and planning skills
• Critical thinking and analysis skills
• Monitoring own performance and correcting as appropriate
• Commitment to providing the highest levels of quality service.
• Respect for others
• Openness to change
• Commitment to Practice and professional development
• Good Communication
• Oral and aural, Written, Computer
• Commitment to health & safety
• Promoting choice, independence, health and well being.
• Focused on outcomes
• Commitment to effective Professional Practice and adherence to code of ethics
• Planning and organising
• Analysis & problem solving
• Initiative and taking responsibility
• Leadership
• Influencing and negotiating
• Resilience and positive outlook

Location: Dublin

Working Hours: 37.5 hours, 5-day liability, 25 days annual leave.

To apply please click here >>

Job title: Counselling Team Lead

About us:
At Dublin Simon Community, we are passionate about making home a reality.

Our aim is to empower people to access and retain a home by providing housing, prevention services, addiction treatment, emergency response and other targeted interventions, through advocacy and partnership.

Responsibilities:

• To conduct out of hours risk assessment and individual suicide counselling/intervention with people experiencing homelessness. The Counsellor is required to maintain a clinical caseload in proportion to other duties of the role.
• To establish appropriate contracts in relation to clients to facilitate a suicide prevention approach.
• To provide phone support to clients expressing suicide ideation/deliberate self harm, and make approaite stabilisation support plan.
• To provide advice and support to other staff in developing crisis stabilisation plans.
• Develop and take responsibility for administration and communication of out of hours staff rota.
• To attend for regular internal line management and external clinical supervision in accordance with professional code of ethics and organisational policy.
• Facilitate informal drop in counselling clinic programme as directed by manager which will include evening and weekends.
• Maintain accurate, confidential records of clinical practice in line with code of conduct, ethics and to operate within the organisations policies and procedures.
• To collate all stats and reports as directed by counselling manager.
• Support the development and delivery of suicide prevention staff training.

Note:

The duties listed in this job description are not exhaustive and you may be expected to perform other duties as are reasonable in the course of your work with Dublin Simon Community.

Essential

• A degree in counselling/psychotherapy or a diploma in counselling and a Degree in Psychology, Social care or Social work.
• 12 months full time providing counselling in a homeless service
• Full accreditation with a professional accreditation body.
• Understanding of the impact of childhood abuse and trauma
• Understanding of why and how people become homeless and the needs they have in order to exit their situation out of homelessness
• Assessing clients’ suitability for counselling/psychotherapy
• Working within a range of therapeutic approaches
• Providing short and long term therapy contracts
• Full or part time experience providing counselling in a social or care setting.
• Experience of counselling evaluation tools & management software applications.
• Experience of developing and delivering a range of clinical & psychoeducational groups.
• Experience of conducting client assessments

Desirable

• 12 months full time providing counselling in a homeless service
• Ability to speak Polish or Russian would be an advantage
• Over one year full accreditation with accreditation body
• Full driving licence

To apply, please click here >>