Counsellor/ PsychotherapistinCheney ManorinCheney ManorPUBLISHED MON 27 JAN 2025
ABL Health LtdrUrYCuVR
Candidates must demonstrate strong communication skills tailored to individual needs and be able to engage children and young people effectively. This position also requires a commitment to ethical practice in line with relevant professional standards, active membership in a recognized psychological therapy organisation, and engagement in continuous professional development. The role includes participation in supervision and offers an opportunity to work collaboratively within a diverse clinical team to enhance service delivery and innovation.
We have an exciting opportunity for a experience counsellor with experience of working with children to join our Children Looked After CLA service. This is a part time role and will be ideal for someone who has 12 months counselling experience post registration with a relevant professional body.
This post will work under the line management of the Service Lead and Senior Practitioner. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as you will work as part of a diverse clinical team pro-actively developing the service through co-production, delivery, and ongoing innovation.
About us
Main Tasks:
- To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean some travel and lone working.
- To provide counselling to young people.
- To develop alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work.
- To facilitate peer support interventions with and for children and young people.
- To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems.
- To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals
- To positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues.
Communication
- Be able to communicate and engage with children and young people appropriate to individual needs.
- Ensure young people feel listened to, feel in control and are respected.
- Be a team player
WORKING PRACTICE EXPECTATIONS
Ethical Practice
Employed therapists are required to abide by the Ethical Framework for Good Practise in Counselling and Psychotherapy (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or equivalent.
Professional Membership and Registration
It is required that employed practitioners maintain active membership with a national organisation that represents the field of psychological therapy and people who work as counsellors and therapists, such AFT, BACP, BPS, BABCP or HCPC or UKCP. Employed practitioners will ideally pursue accreditation or registration with one of these bodies; and will complete annual continuing professional development and associated procedures required to maintain accreditation and/or registration. All costs associated with professional memberships, subscriptions, conferences, continuing education etc., are borne by the practitioner.
Liability Insurance
Employed practitioners are covered against malpractice liability by ABL insurance.
Supervision
Employed clinical practitioners are required to attend supervision at the minimum frequency of 1.5 hours per FTE per month, with an appropriately qualified professional approved by ABL. This time is included in the contract.
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