Counselling and Wellbeing Clinical Lead

RSR is a public safety & enterprise security recruitment specialist. We assist public safety employers find the right talent. We assist all employers when they want to source public safety and enterprise security skills and experience. RSR Justice are currently recruiting on behalf of our client based in West Bromwich for a Counselling and Wellbeing Clinical Lead. This is a permanent, part time position (between 22.5hrs - 30 hrs per week) and offers a salary of £34,345.20 per annum pro rata. **Full driving license and access to own vehicles is required for this positon.** **Main Duties**: - Lead on ensuring that the client only works with experience and competent counsellors and monitor/ audit and assure them of their professional practice and sound clinical judgement. - Lead on clinical decision making within the service working closely with all counsellors ensuring agreed professional standards. - Undertake initial assessments for clients referred into the counselling and wellbeing service identifying need and risk. From the initial assessment the clinical lead will assess eligibility, identify the appropriate counselling modality and named counsellor. - Identify suitable counsellors and volunteers for service development and learning. - Develop and oversee group counselling appropriate to specific abuse types, gender and other identified need. You will be required to ensure that appropriate interventions, safeguarding and support is incorporated meeting accredited standards. - Support the Counselling and Wellbeing Manager to ensure counsellors complete the appropriate administration and outcomes framework documentation to assess and evaluate outcomes and impact for clients in service. - Support the counsellors in all safeguarding matters ensuring appropriate decisions and procedures are followed in line with client policies and procedures. - For non-counselling interventions work with the Counselling and Wellbeing Manager and other Operational managers to incorporate support groups that are currently delivered and develop further opportunities to create access to group wellbeing and supportacross all service areas. - Work with the Chief Executive Officer to develop strategic and operational plans setting out aims and ambitions for the service and working with support services. - Lead on pilot projects targeting specific client groups/ interventions exploring new opportunities and developments and evaluate for potential future funding opportunities. - Assist in the development of wellbeing support and services for employees and oversee clinical supervision and where appropriate counselling support. - Ensure the service works within an accredited quality standards framework. - Prepare services, systems and processes for internal and external audit and assessment. - Represent the client in appropriate partner spaces representing the Counselling and Wellbeing service. Develop and deliver relevant training, awareness activities and promotional campaigns raising to build skills, knowledge and access to the service. **Essential Requirements**: - Qualifications in Counselling / Psychotherapy. - Demonstrate significant experience of providing trauma informed therapy, working with survivors of abuse and evidence this with a robust CPD record. - To be affiliated and accredited by an appropriate registered body e.g. BACP, UKCP and must work to their ethical guidelines. - Experience with a range of client groups, including adults and children & young people. - Experience in networking and building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. - Substantial knowledge of issues affecting individuals who have experienced child sexual abuse or sexual violence. - Knowledge of different therapeutic approaches, defining an integrative approach and the range of modalities. If you would like to be considered for this position and have the relevant experience, then please send your CV. **If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us We have a "Refer A Friend" bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us andare successfully placed** Red Snapper Justice is a member of the Red Snapper Group. The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.