School Cluster Counselling and Wellbeing Worker – Neurodiversity Project

BARCA-Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

BARCA-Leeds is seeking a trained youth counsellor to deliver short term support using a 4-session model across JESS clusters in Leeds. The role focuses on person-centred work with the young person, carers and education professionals, within BACP ethical framework.

The successful candidate will monitor progress, identify challenges, and co-create personalised plans with community resources. You will collaborate with families and professionals to secure ongoing support while respecting boundaries

Qualifications

• Experience as a trained youth counsellor.
• Ability to work within the BACP ethical framework.
• Experience with multi-agency collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide short term intervention using a 4-session model.
• Work with the young person, their carers and education professionals.
• Monitor progress and identify barriers to progress.
• Liaise with carers to ensure the plan is understood and supported.

Skills

Counselling

Young people

Communication

Multi-agency working

Education

BACP registered counsellor

Job description

What will the role look like?

The purpose of this role is to provide short term work using a 4-session model of supportive intervention. This will include working in a person-centred way with the young person, their primary carers and other education and support professionals within Cluster.

What will the role look like?

The purpose of this role is to provide short term work using a 4-session model of supportive intervention. This will include working in a person-centred way with the young person, their primary carers and other education and support professionals within Cluster.

What we are looking for?

Working in a holistic way, you will aid the identification and awareness of the key challenges and negative affects of the young person's potential neurodivergence and co-create a personalised strengths-based support plan including additional community support resources. You will monitor and support their progress accounting for additional barriers that may prevent them getting the most from the intervention. You will liaise with carers and professionals to ensure that recommendations and resources within the personalised support plan are understood, adopted and supported by all involved in the care of the young person. You will work alongside carers and professionals within the boundaries of your remit and competency to work through barriers to them supporting the young person whilst they are engaged within the duration of sessions. The successful individual will use their experience and skills as a trained young person’s therapeutic counsellor to provide this support within the BACP ethical framework.

This is a fixed term contract role until 31/03/2027. The salary shown for this role is the full time equivalent and will be pro-rated to working hours. This role will involve working across schools within JESS (Belle Isle) , Beeston, Cottingley & Middleton and Headingly and Kirkstall Clusters

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated answers is discouraged. The use of AI may affect the depth and understanding that is required, to demonstrate successful answers to experience and knowledge based questions, in our shortlisting process. Barca-Leeds uses Humans to shortlist for interview.

Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.

Please Note- To apply, you must have the right to work in the UK. We are currently unable to accept applications from individuals requiring a Skilled Worker Visa.