The Schools Counsellor / Therapist role is an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced therapist to be part of a creative and supportive team delivering therapeutic interventions for children within a predominantly secondary school setting (there may also be opportunity to work in primary schools).
The role involves providing short term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children referred for support through schools and clusters.
At GIPSIL our Counselling Team and Wellbeing Team work side by side under Community Health and Prevention, working together across schools and communities. The successful applicant will be one of 12 counsellors and will benefit from our team culture, supported by an experienced Counselling Manager and Senior Counsellor.
To support and promote team work, we offer a work space within our Community Health and Prevention Office. Here, we hold a library of resources to support your learning and development and have access to various rooms to enable the teams to come together for meetings, training and clinical supervisions regularly.
It’s also really important to GIPSIL that we have a good working relationship with every school and you feel supported in your role, therefore we work closely with the clusters and individual schools to ensure you are embedded with the school team, everyone understands your role with school and that you have the appropriate space and technology within the school setting.
We cover BACP membership costs, provide regular training around specialist areas and offer additional benefits such as access to Simply Health providing a range of physical and mental health support from Counselling to Physiotherapy.
Responsibilities
* Undertake one to one counselling/play therapy with children and young people within a school setting as directed by GIPSIL.
* Build and maintain good, effective referral systems and working relationships with school staff, parents/carers and other professionals.
* Use data collection tools (in accordance with requirements) to record, monitor and evaluate the projects on a regular basis.
* Participate in multi-agency working as appropriate.
* Establish links with relevant external agencies to ensure the provision of additional support as required, including the use of interpreters.
* Maintain best practice in accordance with the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy’s ethical guidelines or other relevant professional body.
* Attend clinical supervision appropriate to the caseload in accordance with guidelines issued by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy or other relevant professional body.
* Signpost and make onwards referrals to both internal services and external organisations where appropriate.
* Work collaboratively and restoratively with colleagues, stakeholders, service users, consortium partners and other agencies.
* Contribute to the effective monitoring and evaluation of GIPSIL services and ensure all outcomes are evidenced.
* Work within the organisational policies, procedures and values, including the organisation’s Equality & Diversity Policy, promoting diversity and difference in all aspects of work.
Benefits
* Joining an established team of Counsellors/ Play therapists / Art Therapists
* Free training and CPD opportunities
* Regular Line Management supervision and access to clinical supervision
* BACP membership costs covered
* New DBS through GIPSIL
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