Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Counselling Coordinator to be part of an established service developing and delivering counselling interventions. A key part of this role is recruiting and supporting volunteer and student counsellors as part of our community substance misuse provision, ensuring that psychological perspectives are central to everyone’s thinking.
You will support the empowerment of teams and individuals to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence around the needs of the people who access our services. Through consultancy, reflective practice, training, and clinical case management, you will help the wider team create an innovative and effective trauma-informed service.
Where: Newham
Hours: 37.5 per week (Full-Time)
Salary: £34,700.09 - £36,635.38 dependent on experience (based on full time Salary, pro rata for part-time)
Allowance: £4,072.06 Inner London Weighting pro rata
Responsibilities Key Responsibilities:Service Coordination: Oversee the delivery of high-quality counselling services.Team Management: Recruit, train, and manage a team of counsellors, ensuring they are supported and their work is monitored.Therapeutic Oversight: Review all referrals, conduct assessments to determine suitability for counselling, and manage client allocations. You will also provide direct counselling services as part of your role.Clinical Supervision: Engage in clinical supervision according to the BACP/UKCP ethical framework.Professional Development: Take responsibility for personal development, identifying training needs, and participating in regular supervision and appraisal.Leadership: Collaborate with the wider leadership team to identify areas for improvement and champion a trauma-informed approach to care.Role-specific Responsibilities:This post-holder will be directly managed by the local Service Manager, Deputy Service Manager, or Psychologist where present, and will be responsible for fulfilling the following duties:
Leadership of Volunteers:
Recruitment and Training: Lead on a rolling cycle of recruitment and training of volunteer counsellors and counselling students, ensuring that all counsellors and students meet agreed minimum criteria and work to ethical and professional standards.Support and Supervision: Ensure that all counselling students and volunteer counsellors receive high-quality induction, training, clinical supervision, ongoing support, and appraisal. Complete course-related paperwork and reports. Service Development: Work with line managers to support and develop the Counselling Service.Advocacy: Promote the value and efficacy of counselling volunteering across the partnership and externally.Innovation: Identify new opportunities for counselling volunteering roles within the service and the organisation.Compliance: Ensure that counselling students and volunteers adhere to CGL policies and procedures, with a particular focus on safeguarding, case management, and information security.About you:
Professional Level 4 (minimum) Counselling Qualification and working towards BACP accreditation Qualified at Level 4* diploma (or above) with four years of post-qualified experienceWorking towards a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision or equivalent that adheres to BACP ethical principlesAn excellent knowledge of a wide range of therapeutic approaches including CBT, TA, and Person-Centred approachesProven leadership skillsAbility to train counselling students and volunteers to support service users utilising a variety of interventionsWhat we offer:
25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising annually for first five years.Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme Contributory pension scheme Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. A friendly and supportive team Training, career development & progression opportunities Refer a friend scheme and receive generous vouchers if candidate is successful.
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications
If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.
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Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 31 to 33 (£34,700.09 - £36,635.37) ILW / OLW /Fringe Inner London Weighting (£4,072.06) Closing Date 22/9/2024 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Roxy Felsman | roxy.felsman@cgl.org.uk This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
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