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**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Job Title**:Trauma-Informed Counsellor - Adults Job Id: 351

**Location: PARCS Office **Portsmouth, Hampshire

**Hours**:Sessional Hours (flexible times available)

**Salary**:£20 (Admin) - £35 per session (Counselling)

**Service**:PARCS; Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Service

**Reports to**: Team Manager-Clinical Lead/Service Manager

**Summary of Job**:
PARCS recently merged with Family Action, and we are looking to build a team motivated to provide progressive and inclusive support, focused on quality, care and resilience; developing our excellent longstanding reputation in Portsmouth and extending our reach within the local area and beyond. We work with young people and adults, as individuals and groups within the community.

We are looking to recruit sessional workers who can offer us at least 1 day per week.

Our Portsmouth Rape and Abuse Counselling Service provides individual and group time limited and outcome focused counselling to children, young people and adults who have experienced sexual violence, rape and domestic abuse. We provide a range of specialist, trauma-informed support services to young people and adults of all genders including a telephone helpline, advocacy, outreach and co-production projects.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:
1. To provide counselling for adult survivors of sexual violence and/or sexual abuse in line with the commissioned timeframes and objectives.

2. To have an active interest in working with those affected by sexual violence and domestic abuse, and recognise the impact that trauma has in relation to this.

3 To maintain confidential, up to date and accurate records of all sessions and plans, carefully considering the sensitive nature of the work, regarding statutory investigations and court proceedings.

4 To use outcome tools to measure and monitor client well-being, to assess on-going risk, promote safety, collate data and to welcome service feedback.

5 To ensure you understand and comply with Family Action’s procedures for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

6 To liaise with referrers and other professionals and agencies as appropriate and where required, including signposting.

7 To carry out or participate in all such other tasks and activities that will help develop and promote the service.

8 To participate fully in regular management supervision, appraisals and clinical supervision sessions.

9 To ensure the implementation of Family Action’s Equality & Diversity Policy and
Ethical Policy in every aspect of your work and positively promote the principles of these policies amongst colleagues, service users and other members of the community.

10 To comply with Family Action’s Health and Safety Policy, Data Protection Policy and to protect your own and others’ health, safety and welfare.

11 To work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required.

**Person Specification E = Essential D= Desirable**

**Education, Qualifications and Background**

1. E - A professional qualification in Counselling and/or Psychotherapy

2. E - Registration with a relevant professional body i.e., BACP, UKCP etc

**Experience**

E - Experience of counselling/professional work with survivors/victims of sexual and/or
4. domestic abuse.

5. E - Experience of working sensitively with confidential material.

6. E - Experience of managing clinical risk and ongoing assessment of that risk

7. D - Experience of completing counselling assessments.

8. E - Experience of using case recording systems to keep accurate and timely client records in accordance with practice standards.

9. D - Experience of working with a diverse range of communities including LGBTQ+, BME, those with disabilities and/or on low income.

10. E -Experienced in trauma-informed practice and counselling

**Knowledge & Skills**

E- Evidence of interest and understanding of how sexual abuse can impact survivors,
11. whether it was historic child sexual abuse or a recent incident, including the impact on
Mental Health.

12. E - Ability to respond sensitively and empathically to highly distressed clients.

13. E - A proven ability to work creatively and flexibly, using evidence-based approaches to achieve positive change.

14. E - Confident working well independently as well as in a team setting.

15. E - Computer literacy including Microsoft Office suite (incl. Outlook and Word), with ability to accurately input sensitive data electronically

**Values**

E - To be able to always evidence Family Action’s values, which underpin Family

Action’s mission of ‘building stronger families’ by: a) Being **people **focused
16. b) Reflecting a **‘can do’** approach c) Striving for **excellence** in everything we do d) Having **mutual** **respect** for everyone we work with, work for and support through our services

E - Be committed to equal opportunities and Equality, Dive