Youth Therapeutic Counsellor — Part-Time

Wiltshire Career Site; England; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Off The Record Bath & North East Somerset (OTR BANES) is a mental health and wellbeing charity that gives local young people a safe space to be heard and be themselves. We provide a range of free services for young people, including counselling, listening support, youth participation, advocacy, social prescribing, and LGBTQ+ support.

The role provides safe, effective and young-person-centred counselling and therapeutic support on behalf of OTR.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual counselling and therapeutic support to children and young people in accordance with OTR’s clinical framework and professional standards.
• Undertake appropriate assessment, collaborative goal setting, review, outcome monitoring and planned therapeutic endings.
• Manage an appropriate caseload and organise therapeutic work effectively within allocated working hours.
• Contribute, where reasonably required, to group-based therapeutic work, workshops, psychoeducation or other appropriate forms of therapeutic support.
• Adapt practice appropriately to the age, needs, identity, communication and circumstances of each young person.
• Recognise, assess and respond appropriately to safeguarding, clinical-risk and welfare concerns, seeking advice and escalating concerns without delay.
• Maintain safe professional boundaries and work within the limits of competence, qualification, training and professional responsibility.
• Participate actively in management, clinical and group supervision, reflective practice and case discussion.
• Comply with OTR’s safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, risk-management and clinical-governance requirements.
• Maintain accurate, timely and professionally appropriate case records on systems authorised by OTR.
• Complete required assessments, outcome measures, safeguarding records and service-monitoring information within agreed timescales.
• Undertake the preparation, follow-up, professional communication and administration associated with therapeutic work.
• Manage cancellations and non-attendance in accordance with OTR procedures and remain available for other appropriate duties during contracted hours.
• Work collaboratively with OTR colleagues, schools, families, health services, community organisations and other professionals where appropriate.
• Attend relevant team meetings, development days, training and organisational activities.
• Contribute reasonably to service review, evaluation, quality improvement and the development of therapeutic resources, programmes and approaches.
• Share learning and contribute to a supportive, reflective and accountable team culture.
• Represent OTR professionally and support positive working relationships with partner organisations.

Job description

Off The Record Bath & North East Somerset (OTR BANES) is a mental health and wellbeing charity that gives local young people a safe space to be heard and be themselves. We provide a range of free services for young people, including counselling, listening support, youth participation, advocacy, social prescribing, and LGBTQ+ support.

The role provides safe, effective and young-person-centred counselling and therapeutic support on behalf of OTR.