Lead Counsellor

Lead Counsellor
Manchester, Greater Manchester (with hybrid working - two days per week in the office)

The Company

Our client is a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

They are looking for a Lead Counsellor to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £31,440 per annum
- Generous leave allowance (26 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’
service)
- Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
- Your birthday a day’s leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Office 'buddy’ scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with personal
development plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and
flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code

If you’re an experienced counsellor with a background of supervising colleagues in a healthcare setting, this is an exceptional opportunity to join our client’s dedicated organisation.

As a vital part of the team, you'll be at the forefront of delivering crucial mental wellbeing support to those who need it most. Your role will be instrumental in providing affirming, welcoming and non-judgemental services that truly make a difference.

And that's not all - you’ll enjoy a fantastic range of benefits designed to enhance your work/life balance and reward your dedication, including hybrid working and a plethora of other perks and discounts.

The Role

As a Lead Counsellor, you will deliver and support the development of our client’s support service, which provides psychological advice and treatment to trans, non-binary and gender variant people who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

Leading the counselling team, you will accept referrals and ensure clients are directed to the most suitable treatment options. You’ll be responsible for caseload management and the preparation of individual sessions with clients.

Implementing your knowledge of holistic care and counselling interventions, you will offer support to meet the distinct needs of each client and supervise and support the Junior Therapists in their clinical work.

Additionally, you will:

- Carry out risk management and address safety concerns

- Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered and clinical sessions carried out per week

- Maintain accurate records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols

- Oversee, maintain and collate data for reports

About You

To be considered as a Lead Counsellor, you will need:

- Demonstrable experience of delivering counselling

- Demonstrable experience of supporting trans and non-binary communities in a therapeutic setting

- Experience of supervising colleagues in a healthcare setting

- Experience of working towards and meeting agreed performance and service targets

- Evidence of working towards British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Accreditation

- Previous safeguarding training

- Excellent knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two therapeutic models

- Excellent communication skills

- To have completed a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredited counselling course at diploma level (4) or equivalent Completion of a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredited counselling course at diploma level (4) or an equivalent qualification

- Proficiency in IT

The closing date for this role is 13th May 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Wellbeing Lead, Lead Counsellor, Senior Support Counsellor, Mental Health Counsellor, or Wellbeing Counsellor.

Our client particularly welcomes applicants who identify as a Person of Colour, trans, and/or
people aged 50+, as staff from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in their
organisation.

*Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity
differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary
people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex
assigned at birth.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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