Children and Young People's Counsellor

NHS; South Shields; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust as a Children and Young People's Counsellor. Play an instrumental role within a dedicated mental health service for children and offer therapeutic interventions to those in need. With a supportive team environment and opportunities for professional development, you will help improve the mental health outcomes for children and young people's lives.

Benefits

Flexible working

Access to high quality training

Career progression opportunities

Fitness Centre access

Childcare support

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of children's mental health disorders.
• Ability to engage vulnerable populations.

Responsibilities

• Offer counselling support to children with moderate mental health needs.
• Work collaboratively with multi-professional teams.
• Provide evidence-based interventions and conduct mental health assessments.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Organisational skills

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Diploma, Degree, MSc, or MA level in Counselling

Registered/accredited with UKCP/BACP

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Children and Young People's Counsellor

The closing date is 13 June 2025

We aredelighted to be in a position of expanding our workforce and are looking toappoint a Children and Young People's (CYP) Counsellor tojoin our well established and innovative children and young peoples mentalhealth service in South Tyneside.

We are lookingfor an individual who has the ability to support the delivery of South Tynesideand Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust children and young peoples mental healthLifecycle Service.

The team ismulti-disciplinary and is comprised of high and low intensity Children andYoung Peoples Mental Health (CYPMH) practitioners providing a range oftherapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families whopresent with moderately severe mental health conditions.

If you are a skilled, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated (CYP)Counsellor with significant experience, and seeking an opportunity to play aninstrumental role in delivery innovative services for children, young peopleand their families, this could be the post for you.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Carl Sketchley, CYPMHS Clinical Lead or Paula Wake, Clinical Team Manager on 0191 2832937

Main duties of the job

Youwill have sound knowledge and skills pertaining to CYPMH. You will workautonomously as a practitioner and collaboratively with colleagues across awide range of professions and organisations.

Youmust have:

Diploma, Degree,MSc, or MA level training in Counselling.

Registration/accreditationwith an appropriate governing body e.g. UKCP/BACP

A recognisedqualification in working therapeutically with children and young people.

Experience of working to support themental health needs of children, young people and families

Experience of working within acommunity context

Ability to complete mental healthassessments and plan, implement and evaluate specialist packages of care forchildren, young people and their families

Ability to engage vulnerable and hardto reach, under served population..

Knowledge and experience ofsafeguarding and the promotion of welfare in children

Ability to work at the complexinterface between universal and specialist childrens service provision

Ability to work as part of amulti-disciplinary team

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other associatedIT packages.

Proven organisational skills and proven time and caseloadmanagement skills.

Ability to work flexibly in a variety of environments.

Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

About us

Please help us by adding your telephone number to your application form this will allow us to contact you quickly if required.

One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,600 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.

Job responsibilities

To work as amember of the Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service in SouthTyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust based within the Lifecycle PrimaryCare Mental Health Service.

The service isa getting help service, described in the iTHRIVE multiagency model ofchildrens mental health services.

To offer counselling support to children and young people with moderate mentalhealth needs.

This includesthe direct provision of evidence-based interventions and outcome focusedstandards of care to children and families.

The delivery ofhigh-quality training, consultation, and support to universal services.

To offerclinical supervision and support the facilitation and development of clinicalexpertise within the team.

To assist leadership,motivation and support to the team.

To support withservice development and innovative models.

To support withclinical governance and quality monitoring, ongoing research and audit ofpractice.

To workautonomously, assessing child/young person needs, identify and implement a planof care and initiate appropriate holistic research-based health information andcare.

To take a lead/ champion role in an area of specialist area of interest relevant to achildrens mental health service.

The service will be delivered from community bases as an integral part of anagreed iTHRIVE multi-agency model of Children and Young Peoples Mental HealthService provision.

Work collaboratively with multi professional teams to ensure practice isefficient, effective, evidence based and safe

This will be achieved by:

Listening to and understanding the community

Bringing people together to develop a shared localvision with service users as equal partners

Assessing community assets, resources, needs andissues

Empowering community members to identify localissues and articulate solutions

Linking in with Community Mental Health Services(i.e. CYPS, IAPT, CTT)

The post holder will ensure they uphold our Trust vision, values andbehaviours.

To always promote a positive image of children and young people with mentalhealth conditions.

To always promote a positive image of the specialist service area andthe wider Trust.

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified to Diploma, Degree, MSc, or MA level in Counselling.
• Registered/accredited with appropriate governing body e.g. UKCP/BACP
• Possession of a recognised qualification in working therapeutically with children and young people.
• To be registered/accredited with UKCP/BACP
• Additional post graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, therapeutic training or other relevant area.
• Evidence of further study to enhance practice
• Recognised supervision course
• Evidence of leadership responsibilities

Experience

• Significant experience of working with children and young people and families.
• Experience of working to support the mental health needs of children, young people and families.
• Experience of working within a community/educational context
• Facilitating teaching or delivering training
• Experience of working in a service where agreed targets are in place that demonstrates clinical outcomes.
• Experience of working in a children and young peoples mental health service.

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of universal and specialist childrens mental health service provision.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other associated IT packages.
• Proven organisational skills.
• Proven time and caseload management skills
• Able to write clear reports and letters. Demonstrates a high standard in both written and oral communication.
• Ability to engage vulnerable and underserved populations.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to undertake risk assessments.
• Ability to work flexibly in a variety of environments.
• Ability to work under supervision and make good use of the supervisory process for personal and clinical development.
• Demonstrates an understanding of children's mental health disorders and how this may present in children and young people.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the need for evidence based psychological therapies
• A working knowledge of child development and the links with childhood mental health
• Knowledge of relevant guidance policy and good practice

Physical skills

• Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to a vehicle.
• Ability to manage own time and diary and meet requirements and demands of the training course and work within the service.
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk as required across the full duration of the working day.
• Ability to - on occasion, to move and handle objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids.
• The ability to work flexibly sometimes working additional or unsocial hours as necessary to meet the needs of the service and ensure a complete understanding is had in relation to care delivery.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre & Library

£37,338 to £44,962 a year£38,682 - £46,580 (25/26 pay award pending)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9155-CMAHP-0525-65

Job locations

Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre & Library