Children and Young People's Sessional Counsellor

7 days ago

Darlington, United Kingdom Darlington Mind Full time

**Darlington Mind is seeking to recruit a part time Sessional (school based) Counsellor to join our busy team, supporting Children and Young People aged 11 to 18 years with their mental health and emotional resilience.**

Reporting directly to the service manager, you will be responsible for delivering one to one counselling to children and young people who are suffering a wide range of mental health concerns. This may require you to work in one specified school, college or venue, or in several across the project area. Delivering counselling sessions via phone or MS teams to support young people not in education, such as home schooled, NEETs, and home and hospital, may also be required.

Generally, work will take place in schools, colleges and occasionally in other venues in the specified location, however there maybe opportunities to work across Darlington, South Durham and Hambleton and Richmondshire.

The service manager will assign your caseloads and you will be required to update them regularly, maintain up to date, accurate case notes, and ensure all case files are kept confidential and secure and handled correctly. Ensuring Darlington Mind Confidentiality and GDPR and other relevant policies are adhered to.

You will deliver a person centred, integrative approach in counselling to meet the needs of those young people referred into our service. Ensuring you establish and maintain the therapeutic relationship at all times by using the core principles of counselling and following the guidance of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Ensuring all young people are fully aware of confidentiality, the triple harm clause, the sharing of information and safeguarding though the use of a counselling contract.

Working ethically and ensuring best practice is delivered to all young people, and signposting to other services and agencies as required.

Working remotely, you will be responsible for liaising with school staff to arrange appointments and room bookings to support those pupils assigned to you. You may also be required to meet with parents, teachers and other professionals.

Ensuring full compliance with Darlington Minds Safeguarding Procedures, reporting all safeguarding concerns to local Designated Safeguarding Leads and updating service manager of any concerns raised.

You will be required to attend regular clinical supervisions session as per your caseload. There will also be the need to attend regular managerial supervision, team meetings, CPD, and training.

You will require access to a car for work

A satisfactory enhanced DBS check is required for this role along-with two satisfactory references.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw the job ad early if we receive the requisite number of applicants

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract

Pay: From £14.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Free parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Application question(s):

- Do you hold a Level 4 Degree in Counselling with a minimum of 100 hours of experience?

**Experience**:

- Working with children and young people: 2 years (preferred)
- providing CYP counselling: 2 years (preferred)
- working with secondary school students: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/05/2024

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