DNE26024 CounsellorTherapist (National Counselling Service) Comhairleoir Teiripeoir (Seirbhísí Náisiúnta)

Dublin - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Informal Enquiries:

HSE Dublin and North East

HSE Dublin and North East provides health and social care to North Dublin Louth Meath Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.

Director of Counselling Fiona Ward; Email:
Senior Executive Officer Ann Masterson; Email:

HR Enquiries:

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Details of Service:

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.

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Informal Enquiries: HSE Dublin and North EastHSE Dublin and North East provides health and social care to North Dublin Louth Meath Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.Director of Counselling Fiona Ward; Email: Senior Executive Officer Ann Masterson; Email: HR Enquiries:Integrated Health Areas of Dublin...