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OHSAS/Services/CAPS/Counselling Psychology
What is Counselling?
Counselling offers employees the opportunity to talk about any personal or work related difficulties in a private and confidential setting.
Counselling aims to help people find their own solutions to problems.
Counsellors are trained to help people explore various aspects of their lives, examine their own options and make changes where possible.
All OHSAS Staff Counsellors are Accredited Members of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherpay (BACP) and are required to abide by BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Examples of clients issues appropriate for Counselling:
- Illness
- Bereavement
- Family difficulties or other relationship problems
- Feelings and problems related to stress, anxiety or depression
- Work related issues such as career decisions, harassment and/or bullying, or interpersonalconflict
- Mild to moderate mental health difficulties
What is Clinical/Counselling Psychology?
Clinical/Counselling Psychologists apply psychological methods and principles to problems in order to gain a better understanding of the issues involved, help bring about change, and determine the effectiveness of intervention. Sessions are usually fairly structured and often the client is encouraged to undertake homework in between sessions to learn and apply new skills. Much of the treatment emphasis is on thinking and behaviour, however, many other techniques can be used depending on the nature of the problem.
Clinical/Counselling
Psychologists within OHSAS are Chartered Members of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and practice according to BPS's Codes of Professional Practice.
Examples of client issues appropriate for Clinical/Counselling Psychology
- Anxiety Management.
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
- Panic Disorders.
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Mild to moderate mental health problems.
- Depression.
Training
We can offer advice on organisational training needs analysis, design and deliver tailor made workshops to suit your organisation and help with the evaluation / improvement of existing training programmes. We can design and deliver training workshops on a variety of topics including: stress management, inspirational leadership, effective communication skills, assertiveness, conflict management and many more!
Recruitment and Selection
Certain selection methods are more effective at predicting a candidate’s future job performance than others. We can provide advice and guidance to optimise an employers chance of selecting the correct person for the job. Services include: job analysis, design of competency based / structured interviews, interview fairness, utilising psychometric tests (e.g. cognitive ability and aptitude tests). We also offer help with writing job descriptions and person specifications.
Performance Appraisal and Career Development
Organisational advice on designing and implementing an effective performance appraisal / performance management system, leadership development, staff retention procedures and career / personal development advice.
Organisational Change
Advice and guidance on organisational development and change strategies, team effectiveness and job satisfaction.
Courses and Workshops we deliver:
The Counselling and Psychology Service offers a range of short courses and workshops aimed at improving knowledge, skills and coping mechanisms.
These include:
- stress awareness and
- stress management training
- Bereavement and Loss
- Counselling Skills for non-Counsellors, and
- Breaking Bad News.
The Counselling and Psychology service will attempt to meet any additional requests for training or advice. If the skills required are not available in-house we will help source themost appropriate provider.
OHSAS/Services/CAPS/Occupational Psychology
What is Occupational Psychology?
Occupational Psychology focuses on identifying and resolving organisational issues in order to improve working life for employees (e.g. improve health, well-being and job satisfaction) and increase organisational effectiveness (e.g. improve efficiency / productivity of the business). Occupational Psychologists are required to abide by the BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct and the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology’s Guidelines for Professional Practice and Conduct of Occupational Psychologists. You can expect a professional and ethical service, confidentiality and best practice advice.
To refer:
Contact the Counselling and Psychology Service in Navy House, Rosyth on (01383) 428428 to speak to the Occupational Psychologist.
Why might Occupational Psychology be useful?
Organisations are often confronted with a wide-range of difficulties such as high levels of sickness absence, high levels or work-related stress complaints amongst employees, high turnover rates, in-adequate training and development for employees, large-scale organisational changes (e.g. mergers), in-effective recruitment and selection procedures and so on.
Occupational Psychologists apply their knowledge, skills and expertise to help design best practice solutions to organisational problems.
What can you expect?
- Professional and Ethical Service
- Confidentiality
- Reliable and Valid Methods
- Best Practice Advice
What issues can be addressed?
Occupational Psychologists deal with a wide-range of issues affecting an organisation. We provide advice, guidance and solutions in the following areas:
Mediation
The Counselling and Psychology Service also has a Counsellor trained in mediation. Please direct all enquires to CAPS Support Services staff in Tayside on (01382) 346017.
Critical Incident Management.
A Critical Incident can be defined as any situation in which a person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with actual or threatened death or serious injury, or was confronted with a threat to the physical integrity of self or others. Examples of critical incidents may include; physical/sexual assault, threat to physical health, witnessing the traumatic death or injury of patients and/or members of staff, and where a patient and/or member of staff seriously harms himself/herself or others or commits suicide while in the employers care oremployment. The person's response usually involves intense fear, helplessness, or horror aftera critical incident.
OHSAS believes that critical incident management is a comprehensive, integrated multicomponent crisis intervention system. CAPS can provide organisational level advice, consultation and training in relation to Critical Incident Management. This may include ongoing support and intervention for individuals particularly affected by involvement in such an incident.
Contact CAPS office in Dundee on (01382) 346017 or Rosyth on (01383) 428400 for guidance and advice.
Stress Risk Assessment / Stress Management
Organisational advice and consultation on conducting stress risk assessments. This may include running focus groups to identify issues, utilising a survey tool / questionnaire, data analysis and intervention design / help with implementing solutions to prevent and reduce work-related stress. We can provide advice and guidance on how to develop a Stress Policy and how to implement the Health & Safety Executive’s Stress Management Standards in your organisation.
Counselling & Psychology contact information: Freefone: 0800 0324021
Fife, Lothian and Stirling:
Counselling & Psychology Service, Telephone No: 01383 428428
OHSAS,
Navy House,
Stuart Road,
Rosyth Industry Park,
Rosyth, KY11 2BJ
Tayside:
Counselling & Psychology Service, Telephone No: 01382 346017
OHSAS,
Wedderburn House,
1 Edward Street,
Dundee, DD1 5NS
