Lead Counsellor Required: Farnham, Surrey

WhereToTalk; Farnham; On-site; GBP 37,048 - 37,310; Part time

Job summary

WhereToTalk is seeking a Lead Counsellor for part-time work at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Farnham, Surrey. This role involves leading a team to provide emotional and psychological support to patients and their families. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and coordination skills, ensuring a responsive service. The position offers opportunities for professional development and involvement in service improvement within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills to manage team dynamics and support colleagues.
• Experience in providing emotional and psychological support.
• Ability to coordinate workload and ensure effective service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of counsellors in providing patient care.
• Coordinate workload and provide guidance to team members.
• Engage in service improvement and professional development.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

Emotional support skills

Understanding of palliative care

Job description

Lead Counsellor Required: Farnham, Surrey

Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice

Salary: £37,048 a year (WTE £46,310 per annum)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: M0001-PHY0698

Are you looking for a job where you can make a real difference? At Phyllis Tuckwell, we pride ourselves on offering exceptional care to our patients and their families and carers.

Phyllis Tuckwell is seeking to appoint a Lead Counsellor to join our Patient and Family Support Team, working across both the Farnham and Guildford sites, with occasional community-based work. The role focuses on providing emotional and psychological support to patients and carers under the care of the hospice, as a core component of palliative care.

A key aspect of this role is leading and supporting a team of counsellors, ensuring a cohesive, effective, and responsive service. The successful candidate will be confident in coordinating workload, offering day-to-day guidance, and supporting the professional development and wellbeing of colleagues. The Lead Counsellor will be expected to bring strong leadership experience, including the ability to manage team dynamics, provide informal support and guidance, and contribute to service improvement and the ongoing development of psychological support within a multidisciplinary team, working alongside the clinical psychologist and other professionals.

Main duties of the job

While involvement in supervision is part of the role, a formal supervision qualification is desirable but not essential, as additional supervision support is available within the service. Experience of, or a good understanding of, working with children and young people is also important, given the needs of the service.

If you would like to feel part of a welcoming and committed team, benefit from strong peer and managerial support, and want to develop your career with excellent training and education opportunities, we would be delighted to hear from you.