Specialist Counsellor

2 months ago


Wakefield, United Kingdom Compass Full time

**About The Role**:
Are you an experienced children and young people's counsellor looking for a new challenge?

We are actively seeking 2 Specialist Counsellors to deliver specialist bereavement provision for children and young people living in Wakefield who are experiencing complex or unresolved grief associated with unexpected loss, traumatic loss or multiple bereavements.

The service will provide education, early help and specialist support using a blend of face to face and digital interventions (remote counselling, guided self-help, online counselling) to maximise access and choice. The evidence-based interventions delivered by the counsellor will include psychoeducation, brief interventions and counselling.

The purpose of the role can be broken down into three distinct areas:
**Universal**
- Developing information and advice, digital resources and service offer promotion
- Developing a bereavement module of training for mental health and wider professional workforce
- Supporting and informing the mental health system wide training review
- Delivery of workforce training and resources

**Targeted**
- Consultation/brief advice with professionals and families (including case allocation)
- Equipping the Bereavement Support Practitioner to deliver bereavement support (who also in turn can upskill education staff)
- Deliver parent/carer workshops to increase understanding of complex or unresolved grief associated with un-expected loss, traumatic loss or multiple bereavements
- Supporting digital therapeutic interventions as a virtual coach
- Supporting and developing local peer networks and support groups, including volunteer support workers and linking in alternative therapy providers and local support groups

**Specialist**
- Holistic assessment (primarily bereavement) and case management
- Referral & care pathway development for bereavement
- One to one counselling for those CYP with complex or unresolved grief associated with unexpected loss, traumatic loss or multiple bereavements (as part of a multi-agency specialist package of support). Evidence suggests risk of child death by suicide for these children is increased
- Multi-agency liaison including safeguarding
- Involvement in the care pathway steering group

**About You**: You will be an accredited counsellor (BACP or equivalent) with experience of working with children and young people.
- You will have significant experience of delivering interventions relevant to each of the stages of grief on a 1:1 and group basis.
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You will have experience of supporting and monitoring progress of CYP, adjusting treatment plans to enable them to live fulfilling lives.
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- You will have experience of facilitating sessions with family members and caregivers to better understand the stages of grief.

**About Us**:
Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

**Benefits**

We offer a range of benefits including:

- 27 days’ holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time
- Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Family-friendly policies
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
- Enhanced sick pay
- Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
- Annual performance / salary review

**Closing date**: 26 02 2023

**Interview date**: 07 03 2023


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