Croydon Drop In (CDI) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of infants, children, young people and vulnerable adults.
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
CDI maintains a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in its services to the community ensuring that its workforce understands, complies with, and promotes our policies in their work.
We are committed to ongoing Professional Development that encourages and develops our ability to challenge prejudice and discrimination.
To maintain the diversity of our team we welcome applications from all sections of the community particularly individuals from Global Majority Heritage.
About Croydon Drop In Croydon Drop In (CDI) has been serving children and young people in the London Borough of Croydon since 1978.
We are deeply embedded in and trusted by local communities.
Each year, we work with over 5,000 children, young people and families, providing life-changing support, advice and guidance.
We are a proud member of Youth Access and operate a Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Service (YIACS), partnering closely with the NHS, Local Authority, Education Providers, the Police and other Voluntary and Community Sectors organisations.
Since 2019, CDI has grown rapidly, with the largest growth being the expansion of our therapeutic services and outreach support.
Our income has grown to £1.9m and our focus is now on consolidating our position and ensuring our infrastructure, processes and governance are robust to support our continued growth and long-term sustainability.
What do we offer? Generous Annual Leave entitlement Employee Assistance Programme cover via Healthshield Annual organisation team day out CPD training days Employer Pension Scheme Regular supervision About the role Croydon Drop In (CDI) are seeking a counsellor to be based within our Community Counselling service to deliver quality short-term, integrative, and goal-focused, trauma-aware counselling sessions and carry out robust assessments for young people referred to CDI.
You will provide support and maintain engagement with young people while they are on the waiting list.
Additionally, you will play a crucial part in tracking each young persons therapeutic journey using agency-specific outcome measures, evaluation, and feedback tools.
You will: Be a graduate or post graduate level.
Counselling L4 Diploma or equivalent Be a Registered Member or an Accredited Member of the BACP or another appropriate professional body (e.g.
UKCP, HPC) Have two years minimum duration of personal counselling or psychotherapy.
Closing date for applications: Monday 6th October 2025 at 9am Interview date: Friday 10th October Start date: Thursday 30th October 2025d02fcfcb-6df4-40ee-95cf-3eb059ce3173