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Job Details

Job Title: School Counsellor
Job Reference: RL610279HorSC
Location: Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Salary: £30,495 per annum, pro rata

We are a charity working to transform the lives of vulnerable young people, working to prevent youth homelessness and provide a home to 763 young people every night. We reach a further 10,000 young people and their families through our other key services, such as counselling, support and advice, mediation, and youth work. This is challenging yet rewarding work that helps the young people we support to belong, contribute, and thrive. You can hear our inspiring Young People's Stories HERE.

Established in 1996, Dialogue School Counselling is a BACP accredited school counselling service covering Sussex and Surrey. Dialogue has built an excellent reputation with schools, professionals and commissioners and the service has developed and expanded over the years, now operating across Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex, and Surrey. We know that schools are deeply committed to meeting the individual needs of students as they prepare them to meet the challenges of growing up and moving toward adulthood.

The Role

We are looking for a qualified counsellor with experience of working with young people to join our team and deliver the school counselling service on a part-time (8.5 hours per week), term-time only permanent contract at Millais Secondary School in Horsham from September 2022.

You will provide an ethical, professional counselling service at Millais. You will establish good professional working relationships with key school staff. This will include discussion of referrals, managing a session timetable within the school day and agreeing a process for students coming to and from sessions. In addition, will be required to undertake assessments and counselling sessions, complete all associated admin, and attend regular clinical supervision and line management meetings.

The expected working pattern (days/hours) are to be discussed as interview.

Who You Are

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about making a difference to lives of the children and young people they work with. You'll have a keen interest in and experience of working with young people of secondary age. You'll have a professional, flexible attitude with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage your time well. You will already have a counselling or psychotherapy qualification minimum Level 4 and ideally Level 6, along with 2 + years’ post qualifying experience in individual counselling or therapy with young people preferred, to include working with risk issues. You will hold a registration or Accreditation with BACP or equivalent professional body such as HCPC, UKCP.

In addition, you will have a sound understanding of child protection & vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies, and procedures. You will be confident in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns and have experience of working in a school setting.

As an organisation, we are committed to the continued professional development of all colleagues, providing an extensive programme of formal learning opportunities, and supported by an organisational wide culture of learning.

As part of our commitment to being a Trauma-Informed Organisation, all frontline staff have access to regular group Reflective Practice Supervision and for therapeutic roles, we offer clinical supervision.

Closing date is Monday 29 August 2022

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion about this post, please email [email protected]

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

For questions regarding this role or to request another application format: please email us at [email protected]