0.53 Fte Counsellor

The College is seeking an experienced counsellor 3 days a week to provide support to students.
- Are you passionate about equality and committed to inclusion?
- Can you provide confidential counselling services and support?
- Do you have extensive experience of working with adolescents?

If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Mental Health & Wellbeing team of dedicated professionals. This is an opportunity to join the team in an exciting stage of its development. We were named as a Commended College in the AoC Beacon Awards this year for our work in mental health and wellbeing.

The successful applicant will be educated to degree level and will have a recognised professional counselling qualification as well as post-qualification experience. You will hold membership of a recognised professional body such as the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

This face-to-face role is based at our Sixth Form College campus in Havering and our Epping Forest campus in Debden. You may also be involved in remote support to students studying at one of other campuses. Travel is also required to other campuses during the academic year, for CPD and other events, so flexibility is important.

You will demonstrate effective interpersonal, organisational and administrative skills and have significant experience of offering individual counselling/psychotherapy. You will have experience of working with individuals from different cultures, disabilities, sexual orientations and ages, preferably within a further/higher education setting. You may also have experience of providing clinical supervision for counsellors and may have undertaken supervision training.

The duties and responsibilities include working as a part of the Mental Health & Wellbeing team of mental health advisers and counsellors, contributing to the development of support services at New City College. As a member of this team, you will triage clients to the appropriate service, ensuring the safeguarding of all learners. You will provide short term counselling to individual learners for whom this would be beneficial to their wellbeing and success in their studies. You will provide drops ins and regular focused group work. You will liaise with independent guidance services and external agencies to ensure learner access to appropriate internal and external referral sources.

Closing date: 16th April 2023

Interviews will take place week commencing: TBC

New City College is the dynamic group of further education colleges in East London which comprises Tower Hamlets College, Hackney Community College, Epping Forest College, Redbridge College, Havering College of Further & Higher Education and Havering Sixth form College. Our 6-college merger places the group at the forefront of further education in the region. With a turnover of £110m, 30,000 students and 2000 staff it is one of the strongest and most influential further education organisations in the country.

Our college environment is second to none. We have industry standard facilities and equipment at all campuses, expert staff and partnerships with other high-profile organisations which all prepare students for progression to higher education or successful careers.

East London is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. As we develop our longer-term vision, we will continue to ensure that we invest in our staff and other resources to provide a distinctive offer and excellent, supportive learning environment which meets the needs of students and employers and prepares local people for the changing workforce of the area.

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