Sessional Counsellor

**Job Title**: Sessional Counsellor Young People (face-to-face counselling)

**Pay**: £27 per hour

**Hours**:
**Accountable to**: Senior Counsellor

**Based**: Perth

**NB**:This post requires you to be accredited to work with Young People (8 years +)

**The Organisation**:
Mindspace is a community-based charity organisation committed to supporting and promoting the mental wellbeing of people in the Perth area. Mindspace is funded by NHS Tayside, Perth & Kinross Council, the Scottish Executive and donations. Mindspace’s objective is to promote mental wellbeing in a safe and supportive environment. This is provided through our counselling service, peer support and recovery college.

**Purpose of Role**:
To provide a counselling service for people who reside in Perth & Kinross ensuring appropriate standards of delivery, client confidentiality, and contribution to the development of the counselling service.

**Responsibilities**:

- Liaise with clients, referrers, and relevant agencies to ensure the service is accessible to and appropriate for people seeking counselling support
- Engage in regular external counselling supervision at a level agreed with Senior Counsellor
- Maintain confidentiality appropriate to setting
- Follow good practice and ethical guidelines as required by BACP (the Counselling Service is an organisational member of BACP)
- Maintain adequate records of clients and hours worked, and provide appropriate statistical returns as required via internal online system Salesforce)
- Liaise with admin staff over new clients, and other relevant issues
- Be registered as an individual practitioner with BACP, COSCA or equivalent professional body
- Hold your own professional indemnity insurance, and current registration with ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office)

**Person Specification**:
**Essential**

**Qualification**
- A counselling diploma
- Experience of working short-term with clients (up to 12 sessions)
- Minimum of 200 hours supervised counselling practice
- Competency in working within a recognised theoretical framework
- Understanding of, and willingness to adhere to, BACP Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice
- Ability to maintain confidentiality appropriate to the setting
- Experienced at offering counselling assessments, particularly with regard to risk
- Knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Adult support and protection issues
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Regular individual counselling supervision
- Understanding of the particular issues related to counselling people experiencing mental health issues
- Knowledge and use of counselling monitoring and evaluation systems

**Personal Qualities**
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
- Motivated, enthusiastic and self-aware
- Ability to work independently while mindful of accountability

**Desirable**

**Qualification**
- A post graduate diploma in counselling
- Accredited or eligible for accreditation with a professional counselling or psychotherapy organisation
- Qualified to work with young people

**Experience**
- Significant post-qualifying CPD
- Experience of working in the voluntary sector
- Knowledge of services for people in Perth and Kinross
- Experience of promoting equal opportunities and cultural diversity

**Job Types**: Sessional

**Salary**: £27.00 per hour

**Schedule**:Part-Time

**Work Location**: Perth

**Job Types**: Part-time, Freelance

Pay: £27.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- Do you have a minimum of 200 hours supervised counselling practice?
- Do you have a Diploma in Counselling?

**Education**:

- Diploma of Higher Education (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person