School Counsellor

Volunteer Centre; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community outreach organization in Leeds seeks a qualified Schools Counsellor / Therapist to deliver therapeutic interventions for children in secondary schools. The role includes collaborating closely with schools and community health teams. The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced team and will receive regular training and coverage for professional membership costs. Additional benefits offered include access to health support services.

Benefits

BACP membership costs covered

Regular training opportunities

Access to health support services

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified and experienced therapist.
• Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions.
• Willingness to work closely with schools.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term therapeutic interventions for referred children.
• Collaborate with community health and wellbeing teams.
• Maintain good relationships with schools and clusters.

Skills

Qualified therapist

Experience with children

Ability to provide evidence-based interventions

Education

Relevant therapeutic qualification

Job description

The Schools Counsellor / Therapist role is an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced therapist to be part of a creative and supportive team delivering therapeutic interventions for children within a secondary school setting (there may also be opportunity to work additional hours in primary schools).

The role involves providing short term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children referred for support through schools and clusters.

At GIPSIL our Counselling Team and Wellbeing Team work side by side under Community Health and Prevention, working together across schools and communities. The successful applicant will be one of 12 counsellors and will benefit from our team culture, supported by an experienced Counselling Manager and Senior Counsellor.

To support and promote teamwork, we offer a workspace within our Community Health and Prevention Office. Here, we hold a library of resources to support your learning and development and have access to various rooms to enable the teams to come together for meetings, training and clinical supervisions regularly.

It’s also really important to GIPSIL that we have a good working relationship with every school, and you feel supported in your role, therefore we work closely with the clusters and individual schools to ensure you are embedded with the school team, everyone understands your role with school and that you have the appropriate space and technology within the school setting.

We cover BACP membership costs, provide regular training around specialist areas and offer additional benefits such as access to Simply Health providing a range of physical and mental health support from Counselling to Physiotherapy.

To arrange an informal conversation about this role please contact Hannah Railton via email [e-mail]

Please note that GIPSIL will not accept CV’s. No agencies.