**Salary**: circa £27,000 per annum, pro rata

**Perks**: Annual leave of 29 days, plus public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our career's portal.

**Contract/Hours**:Fixed Term Contract - July 2024 (working 22.2 hrs)**

**Location**:Greenock, Inverclyde, **Scotland.**
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**About Us**

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard and we campaign to bring lasting change to their lives.

**What you'll be doing**:
Our Inverclyde School Age Counselling Service is looking for a Counsellor to provide a high-quality, school based professional counselling service. Through effective intervention, management of cases and assessment of needs you will ensure safe care and agreed positive outcomes with Primary and Secondary school aged children.

You will work as part of a wider team to deliver the provision of a schools based counselling service. You will promote and improve the mental health, emotional resilience and wellbeing of children and young people in Primary and Secondary school who are negatively affected or are at risk of being affected by poor mental health. You will be able to effectively engage with young people to deliver counselling support, predominantly within a school setting but there may also be a requirement in a local community or home setting.

**You'll do this by**:

- Providing a high-quality service to young people, that is outcomes-driven and based on an assessment of need.
- Delivering complex and specialist interventions with young people on a 1:1 basis, group or community
- Implement lead case/care planning management, including undertaking assessing, reviewing and managing risks.
- Attending and participatingat relevant multi agency meetings, providing a lead role ensuring reflective and analytical practice review.

**What we need **from** you**:

- A recognised counselling qualification (e.g. diploma counselling, COSCA counselling modules), with relevant experience and be registered/ accredited with COSCA (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland) or BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or equivalent.
- Experience of managing cases, in accordance with agreed procedures and completing assessments, planning and reviews to ensure positive outcomes.
- Capacity to train in relevant - Evidence Based Programmes including the Blues Programme or Decider Skills.
- Driving License and access to a suitable means of transport in order to carry out the duties of the role effectively is

Working here is so much more than a job. It's an investment of time to truly make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children, young people, and families across the UK.

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