Young Person's Counsellor

About us

Therapeutic Counselling Services is an organisation dedicated to supporting mental health, emotional wellbeing and psychological resilience.  The Exchange Counselling is the independent children and young people division of the TCS Group, dedicated to supporting young people, children and their families in the development of psychological resilience and wellbeing.

The role

We have two exciting opportunities to appoint counsellors to work within our psychological wellbeing team in secondary schools throughout the Alloa area providing evidence-based treatments for children and young people presenting with psychological and emotional issues. This will mainly involve individual one-to-one work and may include involvement in the provision of group interventions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Deliver a range of therapeutic interventions (counselling, groupwork, psychoeducation, psychological coaching) to support the psychological wellbeing of clients. 
- Maintain a daily record (i.e., keeping it up to date) of appointment attendance using TCS systems. 
- Maintain a daily record of Clinical Notes using the TCS systems. 
- Support all therapeutic work using the TCS required measurements.
- Competent at and actively involved in promoting psychological wellbeing and the supportive services of TCS within your place of work (e.g., assemblies, classrooms, events). 
- Attend Manager meetings with management, schools and team. 
- Where appropriate, prepare, attend, and contribute to Triage discussions for Primary School Children & Secondary School Staff.
- Provide an individualised support/ action plan with reasonable recommendations to both parents/ carers and schools.
- Prepare, complete forms and attend personal review meetings as organised by manager. 
- Build & maintain positive collaborative relationships with School staff. 
- Be involved in parents’ evenings and family community events.

You will work collaboratively with other agencies and mental health professionals to provide a service to young people. You will also contribute to service development and will participate in service evaluation within the area as directed. There will be a service manager who will provide support and guidance in your work. You will work collaboratively with the client support team who manage referrals and coordinate your diary.

Essential Training & Qualifications
- Counselling qualification at Diploma level (or equivalent level) which is recognised by BACP, COSCA or an equivalent body
- Diploma level (or equivalent) qualification in counselling, psychotherapy, or counselling-psychology which has been accredited by a recognised professional body (BACP, BPS, UKCP or similar)
- Member of BACP or equivalent.
- Hold or be working towards BACP accreditation as a counsellor.

Experience - Knowledge & Skills
- Experience of working with children or young people in a formal setting; e.g. a school, out-of-school.
- Knowledge and awareness of the issues relevant to working within an educational and learning context.
- Knowledge of responsibilities in terms of Safeguarding and Child-Protection
- IT competence
- Excellent organisation skills
- Willingness and ability to collaboratively with others within a school setting
- Approachable
- Good listening skills
- Flexible

Other
- An enhanced CRB disclosure will be compulsory.

The post-holder must:

- Have a current driving licence as travel to other locations will be required.
- Be able to cope with unpleasant behaviour including verbal aggression and occasionally to work in conditions sub-optimal for clinical activity.

Terms & conditions
- Term time required to work 38 weeks of the year
- Number of days per week will be 5 days or a minimum of 2 days per week. (Full time & part time roles available)
- Salary would be based on term time rates £25,685 for a full-time role working 5 days, please note the salary for this role will be pro rata if working part time.

Why work for us

The TCS culture is one of respect, transparency, and collaboration. All our staff should expect to be always treated with dignity and courtesy in the daily functioning of the organisation and feel safe at work. TCS takes a holistic approach to supporting its team members, all staff have access to free counselling, extra supervision and regular 1-1 and review meetings with their manager. 

TCS promotes connectedness through our Internal Facebook page and Company SharePoint Site 

TCS shows value and appreciation in large and small gestures each year. During a difficult year for our employees we acknowledged the financially challenging times by providing all staff with a generous cost-of-living bonus. 

The TCS Group provided the following inclusive hiring information:
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.