Counsellor/Psychotherapist

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	02 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog:	£27,000.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£27000.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	16 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Cheney Manor, SN2 2PN
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	E0343-25-0018abl651g

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Main Duties and responsibilities: This post will work under the line management of the SPA & Community Service Lead and clinical supervision of the Senior Practitioner. You will work from Be U Swindon Hubs & Haven Service and community venues to support Children / Young People to easily access therapeutic interventions and thrive. Hubs (Day services) This part of the role delivers emotional support to CYP in community settings inc. community centres and Be U therapeutic spaces working on Saturdays on a rota basis with day off in lieu. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as you will work as part of a diverse clinical team pro- actively developing the service through co-production, delivery, and ongoing innovation. Main Tasks: To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working. To undertake professional initial assessments of young people. To provide ongoing and one-off counselling to young people. To develop alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work. To facilitate peer support interventions with and for children and young people. To provide information, advice, guidance, and support as part of the single point of access function. To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems. To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals. To positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues. Provide on call support. Communication Be able to communicate and engage with children and young people appropriate to individual needs. Ensure young people feel listened to, feel in control and are respected. We actively welcome candidates and staff with different identities and different ways of thinking. As a Disability Confident Leader we encourage open and honest communication at all levels and we are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments for any staff in any role. Are you: An experienced mental health practitioner used to a fast-paced environment. Experienced in working with children and young people across early intervention / mental health settings and experienced in engaging the whole family. Experienced in providing guided self-help and short-term counselling interventions. Positive and proactive to achieve the highest standards and outcomes in engagement with children, young people, their parent/carers, and professionals. Adept in communication and confident communicating with CYP (Children and Young Peoples), their parents/carers and health professionals. Open, respectful, committed to equality and inclusiveness and motivated by new ideas and perspectives. WORKING PRACTICE EXPECTATIONS Ethical Practice Employed therapists are required to abide by the Ethical Framework for Good Practise in Counselling and Psychotherapy (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or equivalent. Professional Membership and Registration It is required that employed practitioners maintain active membership with a national organisation that represents the field of psychological therapy and people who work as counsellors and therapists, such AFT, BACP, BPS, BABCP or HCPC or UKCP. Employed practitioners will ideally pursue accreditation or registration with one of these bodies; and will complete annual continuing professional development and associated procedures required to maintain accreditation and/or registration. All costs associated with professional memberships, subscriptions, conferences, continuing education etc., are borne by the practitioner. Liability Insurance Employed practitioners are covered against malpractice liability by ABL insurance. Supervision Employed clinical practitioners are required to attend supervision at the minimum frequency of 1.5 hours per FTE per month, with an appropriately qualified internal ABL Health professional. This time is included in the contract. Standard Information Information Governance Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation. The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards. Health & Safety Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Safeguarding is Everyones Business ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them. Smoke Free ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities. Training The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder. Equality, Diversity & Human Rights It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights.