Safe Space Counsellor Required: Across Hertfordshire

WhereToTalk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team making a real difference in the lives of children and young people. As a Safe Space Counsellor, you will provide vital therapeutic support in school settings, helping young clients develop resilience and cope with their challenges. With a focus on autonomy and collaboration, you will manage your clinical caseload while benefiting from a supportive environment that prioritizes your professional growth. If you are a qualified counsellor passionate about emotional health and well-being, this role offers the opportunity to impact the community positively and work alongside a team committed to excellence in child and youth services.

Qualifications

• Essential: Diploma level and BACP member or equivalent.
• Experience delivering therapy to children and managing safeguarding concerns.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential counselling for children and young people in schools.
• Support up to 20 clients per week, maintaining accurate case records.

Skills

Diploma level

BACP membership

Experience managing safeguarding concerns

Driving licence

Therapy delivery to children and young people

Clinical caseload management

Data Protection Act compliance

Play/creative therapy skills

Building relationships with professionals

Education

Diploma in Counselling

Tools

Early Help Module (EHM)

Job description

Safe Space Counsellor Required: Across Hertfordshire

Starting Salary: £37,035 progressing to £40,476 pa pro rata
Hours: 22.2 hours per week, term time only
Location: Hertfordshire – school locations across the county, particularly in the West
Contract Type: Fixed Term to March 2025
Directorate: Childrens Services

About the team

Safe Space is unique in that we are a traded service providing therapeutic support and promoting emotional health to Hertfordshire’s Children and Young People (aged 4-19) in school and college settings. Our Safe Space team has supported children and young people of Hertfordshire for over 20 years.

Our counselling service enables children and young people to develop resilience to help them cope with the difficulties they face.

About the role

As part of a team of 25 Counsellors and Senior Counsellors, you will work alongside schools and other health professionals supporting up to 10 – 20 clients per week, with each session typically lasting approximately 50 minutes. You would be autonomous in how you plan your work and clients each day.

The sessions will take place in either school or college settings across the county, where you will provide confidential counselling/therapy for children and young people who have been referred to the Safe Space service, using a variety of tools to assist engagement and outcomes.

In a highly supportive team, alongside your formal management 1:1s, you will have access to clinical group and individual clinical supervision.

Safe Space is a county-wide service which may require you to travel to different locations depending on the needs of the service.

About you

Below we have set out our essential & desirable criteria:

Essential:
• Diploma level and BACP member (or equivalent body).
• Experience of managing safeguarding concerns.
• Driving licence with access to a car.
• Experience of delivering therapy to children and young people.
• Ability to manage a clinical caseload within BACP or equivalent ethical framework.
• Maintain accurate case records on each child/young person using the Early Help Module (EHM) online system in accordance with Data Protection Act / GDPR.

Desirable:
• Play/creative therapy skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of professionals and school staff to take a holistic approach to working with children/young people.

If you are a qualified counsellor and want to support a team making a real difference to children and young people, then this is the role for you, and we would welcome your application.

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