Placement Wellbeing Counsellor

Job description

The Placement Wellbeing Counsellor roll forms part of the Student Welfare Department.

The Placement Counsellor would carry responsibility for the coordination of the in-house counselling Service which includes behaviour management, attendance and building mental health resilience within our student body. They would oversee the internal and external counselling services as well as developing the concept of CBT therapies within our student body.

They would carry a caseload of students in their own right of students who are being referred for counselling therapy intervention. The focus of this support will be to enable the student to overcome the barriers that may prevent them achieving success whilst at college.

The Placement Counsellor will develop and deliver high quality work with students through an agreed programme of support that facilitates their participation in current issues and decision making by creating opportunities for their personal, social and educational development whilst enabling them to reach their full potential.

They will follow the principals of CBT /Psychotherapies to enable them to deliver a robust support provision to support in the raising of Retention, Achievement and Success.

It is essential for this role to have excellent motivational, assertiveness skills and communication skills at all levels in order to ensure supported students make positive progress in a timely fashion.

It is also essential you have sound administrative, organisational skills and a flexible, adaptable and positive attitude; with a good general education, experience of using databases, processing information and creating regular reports. An IT qualification is also preferable.

Experience of working with young people/adults in a support situation is essential.

The role will require you to embed the college’s values, **Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, High Expectations and Responsibility.