Counsellor

PHOENIX HOUSE; Yarnton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Staff parking

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Season ticket loan

Eye-care vouchers

Wellbeing talks

Ongoing training

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Phoenix Futures is recruiting a Counsellor for Ophelia House, a trauma-responsive women’s therapeutic community in Yarnton. You will provide 1-to-1 counselling and group work, with strength-based assessments and care planning, in a multi-disciplinary team.

The role includes supervision of placements and applying evidence-based practice in daily work. Accredited counsellors with CBT delivery experience are sought; strong IT skills and experience in substance misuse settings are preferred.

Qualifications

• Accredited counsellor status required.
• Experience in substance misuse settings or similar.
• Experience managing a caseload and partnering with teams.
• Deliver CBT-based interventions and strong IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-to-1 counselling and group work with clients.
• Carry out strength-based assessments and create care plans.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supervise academic placements and develop trainees' skills.
• Utilise theory and evidence to support practice in individual work.
• Contribute to the smooth running of the therapeutic community.

Job description

Counsellor

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the Phoenix Futures team as a Counsellor at our new and innovative Trauma Responsive Women's Therapeutic Community Residential Service, Ophelia House, Yarnton.

The Role

• To provide support for people with their recovery from drug or alcohol misuse through 1 to 1 counsellingand group work.
• The post holder will also carry out strength-based assessments, and work with individuals to create care plans, and promote visible recovery.
• The post holder must work as part of a multi-disciplinary teammade up of Therapeutic workers, Nurse's, and support staff.
• Provide supervision of academic placements ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies, and experience to contribute effectively to good mental health care and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
• You will be able to utilise theory, evidence-based literature, and researchto support evidence-based practise in individual work and work with other team members.
• To play a key role in the smooth running of the therapeutic community.

About You

• The post holder should be a qualified counsellor with accreditation.
• They should have good office IT skills and be used to working in the substance misuse field or similar.
• The post holder should be experienced managing a case load, engaging in partnership working and delivering CBT based interventions.

Your Rewards

• Starting salary of £27,000 plus £3,000 Market Supplement and £2,000 Geographical Supplement, with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £29,500 plus the supplements
• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days)
• Clinical Supervision
• Brand new refurbished service with staff changing rooms and shower.
• Free Car parking

• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access

About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with 60 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.

This role will be working in a women's-only residential service specialising in providing safe therapeutic environments for those who have experienced multiple disadvantage and those who have experienced past trauma. Therefore there is an Operational Requirement for this role to be fulfilled by a female (determined compliant under ACAS guidelines for recruiting applicants with a protected characteristic to do a certain job). [1]

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