Senior Counsellor

7 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Hire Recruiter Full time

**Senior Counsellor | West Bromwich | 35 hours per week | Fixed contract for 3 years | £35,000 - £36,500**

We are a charity which provides a range of services for African and African Caribbean adults recovering from mental ill health.

You will provide culturally responsive counselling, primarily for individuals of Black African, and Caribbean Dual heritage facing mental health challenges. You will conduct face-to-face sessions at the Kuumba Centre, overseeing a service established with the National Community Lottery Fund’s support.

You will recruit and line manage a counsellor and both of you will provide culturally responsive counselling sessions to individuals. You will work to widen the service offer and deliver wellbeing groups including group sessions focused on psychoeducation.

Please note that working times for full-time staff are 9.30am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday. You will be informed of the specific days you will work by your line manager on appointment, (particularly if you are part-time).

**What can you expect in return?**
- You are entitled to 24 days of annual leave within a full leave year (pro rata if part time)
- You will be entitled to 8 approx. public bank holidays or pro rata
- Line management support via supervision and appraisal
- 6% Employer pension contribution
- Continued professional development
- Some flexible working options

**Are you the right person for the job?**

**The following criteria are essential for this role**
- Professionally qualified such as a Counselling diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 150 counselling hours
- Experience working with individuals with mental health and psychosocial issues
- Knowledge of issues that may characterise the experiences of people from a Black African and Caribbean heritage
- Experience in line managing paid and unpaid staff providing supervision and appraisal
- Experience in providing outcome focused interventions that support emotional resilience and recovery
- Experience in producing organisational reports
- Strong organisational skills and time management skills
- Good IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office software products
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people
- A strong team player
- Able to develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, staff, and the wider team
- A calm professional and positive approach with a focus on user satisfaction
- A collaborative approach
- A flexible creative and solution-focused approach
- Your work must be within reasonable daily travelling distance of your home
- You will be required to attend events and meetings at sites regularly across the locality
- A satisfactory enhanced DBS check will be required
- You should be able to work outside normal hours occasionally when required

**Your main duties as a Senior Counsellor will be**
- To work with the CEO to set up and implement a culturally focused counselling service predominantly but not exclusively for people of Black heritage recovering from mental ill health
- To manage a caseload of clients assessing the suitability of service users and individuals for counselling, as appropriate
- To primarily offer individuals counselling, but to be flexible to incorporate group work as appropriate
- To work within a culturally competent framework, respecting the individual's cultural, spiritual, and social needs
- To liaise with a range of Health Professionals including
- To actively participate in a team approach that promotes equality, empowerment, and self-determination
- To support a trainee counsellor through a process of mentoring and line management
- To liaise with SACMHF colleagues where and when required to achieve organisational objectives and in negotiation with the line manager
- To provide reports as necessary on the service and service development for the website annual reports etc
- Any other duties that fall within the parameters of the role

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**Salary**: £35,000.00-£36,500.00 per year

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