School Counsellor

YMCA Downslink

Collyer’s College.

Sixth Form

7.5 hours per week (1 day) term-time only

12 months fixed-term, Maternity cover

Working either on a Thursday and Friday

We are looking for an experienced and qualified School Counsellor to cover maternity leave at our well-established Dialogue School Counselling service at Collyer’s Sixth Form College in Horsham, West Sussex.

We are seeking a qualified counsellor who is passionate about making a difference to lives of the children and young people they work with. You will have a keen interest in and experience of working with young people of college age.

You will be working with a range of clients within the Dialogue Thresholds and working to an eight-session model. You will be working alongside another Dialogue School Counsellor and working closely with the Student Services Pastoral team at Collyer’s College.

Key responsibilities

• Run a suitable appointment system flexible to the needs of the school, offering students appropriate assessments and counselling appointments
• Manage the tight time boundaries of the role and the often complex and varied workload
• Liaise with school staff over referrals, waiting lists and appointments
• Carry out initial clinical and risk assessments and establish appropriate referral pathways with other services where appropriate. Continually assess risk throughout each student’s counselling.
• Follow YMCA Dialogue safeguarding procedures; to know who the School’s Designated Safeguarding Officer/s is and how to contact them when a safeguarding concern arises
• Work at all times within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
• Maintain individual membership of the BACP and to become a Registered Member (or other professional body such as HCPC)
• You will establish good professional working relationships with key school staff

ABOUT YOU:
We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned.

If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

Qualifications, knowledge, and experience

• You will have a Counselling or Psychotherapy qualification, minimum Level four and ideally Level six, and two years’ post qualifying experience in individual counselling or therapy with young people. This will include working with risk issues
• You will also have a sound understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies, and procedures
• You will have proven experience in safeguarding children and young people; responding to, managing, and referring safeguarding issues
• You will have a BACP Membership; BACP Registered or Accredited. Or other professional body e.g. HCPC
• You will have a keen interest in working with children and will be familiar with using creative therapeutic approaches, along with experience of working in a school setting

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion about this post, please contactAlice.

Reid .Should you require any assistance with our application process, please email us atRecruitment

CLOSING DATE: 12 February at midnight.We reserve the right to close this advert early if a successful candidate is found.