Wellbeing Counsellor

2 weeks ago


Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom YMCA Downslink Group Full time

_Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health._


YMCA DownsLink Group Dialogue Therapeutic & Family Services offers counselling services for children and young people with physical disabilities, behavioural, social, and emotional difficulties, autism and learning difficulties.

The team delivers a multi-modality therapeutic service working with year-olds experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

We work closely with CAMHs, the local authority and a range of voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver effective short-term therapeutic interventions.


We are looking for a
Wellbeing Counsellor to provide face-to-face appointments, triage and assessments, counselling treatment and group work support for children and young people aged The role is integrated within the Children and Young People Wellbeing Service and the post holder will be required to work with the Counselling Leads, Team Manager, and triage team to support children/young people accessing provision within the emotional well-being and mental health pathways.


Some key responsibilities of the role include assessing Children and Young People (CYP) for suitability for treatment (training will be provided), making decisions on the suitability of new referrals to the service with support from triage teams and the ability to formulate, deliver and evaluate therapy programmes for CYP clients.


This role is based on site, Monday to Wednesday. Shift pattern to be discussed at interview.
You will have a professional, flexible attitude with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage your time well.

You will be confident in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns and have experience of working with children and young people.

You will have a Graduate or Post Graduate level Counselling Diploma of 2 years minimum duration including personal counselling or psychotherapy, and BACP Accreditation /eligibility for accreditation or BACP Registration or be accredited with other relevant professional bodies (UKCP/HCP).

You will also have a sound understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies and procedures.

An inclusive workplace - We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment.

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 (including the Children's barred list and the Adults' barred list) **via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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