Perinatal Counsellor Required: London

WhereToTalk; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 13,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Job summary

WhereToTalk in Lewisham is seeking a Perinatal Counsellor to provide one-to-one talking therapy for expectant and new parents. The role is hybrid, with one office day, and aims to reduce anxiety during pregnancy and the early postnatal period.

Successful candidates must hold registration with a professional body (e.g. BACP) and will manage a caseload while delivering structured sessions in confidential spaces across Family Hubs in Lewisham.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with clients within the perinatal period as a counsellor post qualification, including conducting clinical assessments and risk assessments.
• Confident in managing a caseload, regularly reviewing and monitoring clients and working with people from diverse communities.
• Successful candidates must provide evidence of their registration with a professional counselling body e.g. BACP.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one talking therapy to expectant and new parents in Lewisham.
• Reduce anxiety of expectant parents during pregnancy and in the postnatal period.
• Deliver structured counselling sessions tailored to individual needs, cultural context and preferences.

Skills

Perinatal counselling

Caseload management

Risk assessment

Diversity & inclusion

Clinical assessments

Job description

Salary: £11,552 per year (based on a full-time salary of £36,100)

Work Pattern: Hybrid (1 Office Day)

Building on SEL Mind’s comprehensiveMindful Mums and Being Dad(MMBD) programmes, we are seeking to appoint aPerinatal Counsellorto provide one-to-one talking therapy to expectant and new parents in Lewisham.

The focus will be reducing the anxiety of expectant parents during pregnancy and in the immediate postnatal period. The service will offer structured counselling sessions to parents, tailored to individual needs, cultural context and preferences.

The Counsellor will draw upon the wealth of experience within the wider MMBD team and strong links with local professional networks including Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team, Maternity Steering Group and Lewisham Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Infant Relationship Network.

You will have experience of working with clients within the perinatal period as a counsellor post qualification, including conducting clinical assessments and risk assessments. You will be confident in managing a caseload, regularly reviewing and monitoring clients and working with people from diverse communities.Successful candidates must provide evidence of their registration with a professional counselling body e.g. BACP.

The expectations of the role are to support a minimum of 20 clients within the first year. Client work will be delivered within confidential spaces in Family Hubs across Lewisham Borough. Ideally client work will be delivered in one full day, supporting an average of 5 clients. The role holder will be required to work on Tuesday mornings in order to attend team meetings and training.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date:Sunday 18th January (11:59pm)

Likely interview date:Thursday 5th February

We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.