Children & Young People’s Counsellor

3 weeks ago

Leicestershire, United Kingdom Women's Aid Leicestershire Full time

**1 BASE** Leicester & Leicestershire

**2 SALARY** £22,571 - £23,953 per annum (pro rata) - Unqualified

£24,432 - £25,419 per annum (pro rata) - Qualified

**3 HOURS OF WORK** 15 hours per week, to be worked over 2 days

**4 MAIN TASK** To deliver therapeutic counselling to children and young people aged from 5-18 years, across Leicestershire, who have experienced domestic abuse, who are struggling to manage and regulate their emotions.

To support children and young people by giving them a safe and confidential space, to openly express their feelings.

**5 Key Responsibilities**
- Service Co-ordination

This includes work, across the County of Leicestershire, with children and young people, affected by domestic abuse
- Service Development

This involves assisting in the evaluation, quality assurance and future development of services
- Service Delivery

This includes directly delivering therapeutic counselling support sessions, to children and young people, who have experienced domestic abuse
- General

This includes all duties that ensure the safety, and effectiveness of CYP services, and broader responsibilities, that contribute to the development of Women’s Aid Leicestershire Ltd.

**6 Duties**

6.1 Service Co-ordination
- To assess the needs of children and young people, to develop appropriate support plans, which meet their arising needs, from their experiences of domestic abuse.
- Support in accessing broader services, including housing, benefits, health and education.
- Identify where children, young people and vulnerable adults are at risk of harm and to follow safeguarding procedures.
- To keep clear, accurate records and maintain confidential files on parents and their children.
- To ensure monitoring is up to date, including the submission of case studies, supporting the management team with Service requirements.
- In consultation with the Senior Practitioner and / or Services Manager, to liaise with outside agencies, organisations and individuals.
- To support clients across Leicestershire as required.
- To provide support to colleagues, sessional staff and volunteers working with the women and children in the refuge and in the wider accommodation services.
- To attend staff meetings, team meetings, and meetings of the management committee and its subcommittees as appropriate.

**6.2 Service Development**
- To assess the needs of clients within the Service and make recommendations for improving and developing services for parents, children, young people and families affected by domestic abuse
- To assist the Senior Practitioner and Services Manager in the collection of statistical information for monitoring, auditing and quality assurance purposes.
- To contribute, where appropriate, to Women’s Aid Leicestershire Ltd volunteer training and domestic abuse awareness training, offered to outside organisations, individuals and groups.
- To work with partner agencies in developing and improving services for parents and their children within the Children and Young People’s Services.
- To support the administrative systems, and use effectively, in providing high quality services.
- To keep up to date with policy and practice in your area of work and undertake staff development and training relevant to the post.

6.3 Service Delivery
- To take referrals and complete robust assessments of clients referred to the Service.
- To complete community based, therapeutic counselling support sessions, across Leicestershire, to children and young people, by means of one-to-one support sessions.
- Provide advocacy to clients within the Children and Young People’s Services.
- To support individual clients, be responsive to their needs, and represent them at meetings with outside agencies as necessary.
- To liaise with other advice agencies and welfare services and provide advice and guidance on such matters such as safeguarding, health, housing, education and training opportunities, health and safety, benefits and welfare rights.
- In conjunction with the Senior Practitioner and Services Manager, keep accurate records and maintain confidential files on all clients.
- To work as part of a team of staff and volunteers providing support services for victims of domestic abuse.
- When necessary, to be part of the rota of staff on refuge duty. This may include evenings and weekends.

6.4 General
- To act in accordance with the policies and practices of Women’s Aid Leicestershire Ltd. In particular to maintain the strict confidentiality of the Refuges and dispersed properties.
- To act in a fair and supportive way and recognise the needs and concerns of a diverse range of survivors, ensuring that the Service is accessible to all.
- To work in a safe and responsible way ensuring that safety procedures are followed and that you do not endanger yourself, your colleagues, or clients.
- To be punctual and minimise absence from work.

**6.5 Other duties commensurate with responsibilities**
- To attend all superv

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