Healthy Minds Lincolnshire Counsellor inLincolnshire inLincolnshire PUBLISHED
WED 20 NOV 2024
This full-time position operates Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, but alternate working patterns may be considered. The role offers an opportunity to significantly impact the mental health outcomes of local children and families, and the trust provides a range of benefits for staff, including access to psychological therapies, competitive leave, discounts, and pension schemes. Interested candidates are encouraged to demonstrate their suitability in their application and reach out to the team for more information.
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Horncastle Healthy Minds service as a Counsellor at Band 5 (Agenda for Change) on a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment.
This role is part of an ongoing pilot project, providing a counselling offer to children and young people who access our Healthy Minds Lincolnshire service. This project is an opportunity to make a real difference in outcomes for children, young people and their families by offering early support in the form of counselling intervention.
The Healthy Minds Lincolnshire service supports children and young people aged 0-19 who are presenting with emotional wellbeing or mental health problems, which are of a low level of complexity and/or intensity, by offering a variety of evidence based interventions. We are really excited to continue to pilot this additional intervention offer in the form of counselling.
This is advertised as full-time post operating Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, however other working patterns can be considered.
The post holder will provide assessments and counselling for children & young people who suffer a range of emotional wellbeing and common mental health problems, and monitor the effectiveness of the intervention.
You will be a key link person for Education Settings within your area. You will provide guidance and liaison to education providers and support in embedding the whole school approach. You will provide emotional wellbeing support to children and young people including their parents/carers and wider support network. Support will be provided by the Counsellor in groups, workshops and on a one-to-one basis.
You will also provide management and clinical supervision to the B4 Practitioners within the team.
About us
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
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Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Elle Twelvetrees via email at or by telephone .