School Counsellor

The Role and Department:
We have an opportunity for a School Counsellor to join the organisation on a fixed term basis. Reporting to the Project Manager Youth in Mind, the School counsellor will be responsible for working directly with children and young people on a 1-1 basis within an education setting. You will play a key role as part of the Youth in Mind team to support our local school counselling offer. The role requires you to undertake assessments, meeting with parent’s teachers and children as well as providing 1-1 sessions within a time limited framework around low level mental health and wellbeing support.

What you will bring to Tog Mind:

- Experience of providing support services to members of the public specifically children and families
- Experience of managing a case load of clients.
- Completion of a British Association for counselling and Psychotherapy accredited counselling course at Diploma level
- Experience of supporting people with low level emotional wellbeing and mental health issues

**Optional**:

- For an informal discussion about this vacancy please contact TOG Mind on
0161 330 9223 and ask for Dawn Pierce.

**Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details - these can be accessed from our company website by visiting the careers page under the vacancy details.**

Who we are & why Tameside, Oldham and Glossop MIND:
Here at Mind, we are proud to have been delivering high-quality mental health services based on the needs of local communities for over 40 years. The work we do is vital in promoting accessible services to the people that need it the most.

Our vision is to enable everyone in our communities to achieve better mental health by continuing to provide the best quality local mental health services in prevention, early intervention and primary care; alongside empowering individuals and our communities to live well. We offer various services across the community and to individuals aiming to improve wellbeing and raise awareness around the importance of mental health support.

**Benefits**:

- We offer a dynamic, stimulating environment that embraces change and is open to new ways of working.
- We provide a real opportunity to influence meaningful change within our society and for you to contribute your expertise to this process.
- We maintain a strong commitment to ethical standards of working within a socially inclusive environment.
- We offer ongoing training and development to all staff and volunteers, enabling you to gain qualifications and expertise in mental health and therapeutic interventions.
- We offer a degree of flexibility around working hours, balancing work and personal commitments.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 18 per week

**Salary**: £12,767.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Reference ID: Job0080