Syp - Occupational Health Counsellor

Location 1- Sheffield
- Salary 1- £34,968 - £40,005 (Market Rate Supplement applies - £45,546) (Market Rate Supplement will be reviewed on annual basis)
- Type of Contract 1- Permanent
- Job Advert 1
- **Role: Occupational Health Counsellor**

**Department: Occupational Health**

**Location: Escafeld House, Sheffield**

**Salary: £34,968 - £40,005 (with Market Rate Supplement to £45,546, reviewed on an annual basis)**

**Hours: 37 hrs (part-time hours are considered)**

**Contract Type: Permanent**

As a Counsellor you will join our occupational health and wellbeing teams and provide psychological health and wellbeing services to the workforce.

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, passionate about psychological health and wants to make a real difference to the Police service in the South Yorkshire community.

**In addition to a competitive salary, this role attracts a market rate supplement of up to £45,546 (which is reviewed on an annual basis).**

**As a Counsellor you will be responsible for**:

- Delivering psychological therapy services
- Conducting Psychological Health Surveillance (PHS)
- Planning, prioritising and managing your own caseload

**Skills and experience**:

- Must have a core practitioner** **qualification in individual counselling or psychotherapy (minimum diploma level) and a minimum of 3 years relevant post qualifying skill and experience to practice competently and safely.
- You will have additional qualifications and experience in at least_ two_ other core modalities which are underpinned by trauma focussed and, solution focused approaches to therapy.
- The ability to evaluate your work within an ethical framework and resolve conflicts and ethical dilemmas safely. The ability to establish and maintain appropriate professional boundaries is required.****:

- Experienced in undertaking initial and ongoing assessments and be competent in conceptualising and formulating ways of working with clients. You will have the ability to risk assess, manage, and make decisions about appropriate pathways of care informed by principles of safeguarding.
- The ability to use team working skills whilst working with others, incorporating equality awareness and diversity in professional relationships.
- Committed to personal development, self-awareness, and supervision to ensure safe, ethical standards of practice.
- You will be a registered member of a professional, organisation for counselling and psychotherapy good practice i.e., the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) or equivalent.

**For more detailed information relating to the role, skills and experience for this role, please refer to the attached role profile.**

**What we offer**:
We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

- A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance
- A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexible working arrangements including flexi0time and hybrid working
- A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
- Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
- Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
- Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
- Committed to embedding sustainability: Force sustainability strategy - SYP (southyorkshire.police.uk)
- Membership to the Sports and Social Club
- Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

**Eligibility**:
**Appearance & Standards**:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

**Smarter ways of Working**:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables South Yorkshire Police to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a **Hybrid **role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

**South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values**:
At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details