Youth Counsellors Required: Redhill & Tadworth, Surrey
Senior Youth Counsellor and Youth Counsellor roles
Part-time staff roles (minimum 3 days per week) or sessional work for self-employed counsellors
Job purpose:
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a long-standing, well-respected charity and to follow your passion to make a meaningful difference to the lives of many children and young people.
YMCA East Surrey is seeking qualified counsellors with experience of working with adolescents and young adults to join our counselling team.
As a counsellor with our service, your role will be to provide counselling support, therapy/triage assessments, and deliver therapy sessions either in person or via Zoom or telephone.
The majority of our counselling clients are aged 11-24, although we occasionally work with adults over the age of 24.
Our counsellors work with a wide range of mild, moderate, and severe clinical presentations including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, attachment difficulties, and trauma.
The posts require clinical note-taking, assessment skills, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work to deadlines and under pressure.
Staff members will also require Office 365 proficiency and the ability to work on our bespoke software systems.
Senior counsellors may be required to lead peer supervision groups for other counsellors and reflective practice groups for other practitioners working in the EWMH team.
Minimum Requirements:
The ideal candidates will have a minimum of a Diploma (Level 4) in counselling (any theoretical orientation) or equivalent, as well as being a Registered Member of an accredited body, such as BACP or BABCP, or working towards your accreditation.
In addition, you will have experience of working with children from age 11 within a professional context. Training and qualification in counselling supervision would also be a valuable asset.
Hours of work: Flexible and to be discussed with candidates at interview. For example, we can offer 21 hours per week over 3 days, 10am-6pm (you may be asked to work until 8.30pm, with a corresponding later start time, on 1 day per week).
Location: Hillbrook House, 68 Brighton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6QT / Phoenix Youth Centre, Preston Manor Road, Epsom, Tadworth Surrey, KT20 5LG
Salary / pay rate: Full Time Equivalent Salary of £26,000-£31,000 pa depending on experience. Sessional Roles: We understand that self-employed counsellors may prefer to work on a sessional paid basis which would allow them to seamlessly integrate their private client work and their work for our service. We can offer sessional paid work from 3 to 10 hours per week at a rate of £25.00 per appointment.
Annual leave: Four weeks (pro-rata) plus bank holidays. Holidays increase after two years service to a maximum of five weeks pro-rata after six years service. The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March each year.
Benefits: The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents. There is free parking available at YMCA East Surrey sites. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Bike to Work Scheme. There is a YMCA East Surrey pension scheme – details available on request.
Closing date & interviews: Applications will be assessed upon receipt.
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