Counselling Service Clinical Lead London, England
QA Limited
Full Time
London, England
24448 - 46056 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Vacancy details
Talent pool
Operations - HE - Management - Operations HE
Title
Counselling Service Clinical Lead
Contract type
QA HE Ltd Permanent
Job advert
Counselling Service Clinical Lead
(This is a hybrid role 2/3 days a week in either London or Birmingham, with 2/3 worked from home)
About QA:
QA is the UK's leading provider of tech and digital skills, including funded workplace learning programmes, University programmes and apprenticeships. We play a key role in tackling the UK’s alarming nationwide shortage of digital skills, and partner with most FTSE 250 companies to help provide innovative solutions for much-needed training shortages.
We’re currently on an exciting growth trajectory and are looking to welcome a full-time Counselling Service Clinical Lead into our market leading Welfare team.
About the Position:
With evidence of relevant continuing professional development/training in the field of mental health/therapeutic interventions, you'll be responsible for developing a counselling service facing increasing demand, through excellent management; working to develop systems and processes, safeguarding, and providing expertise in clinical issues.
The post holder, in collaboration with the Welfare/Mental Health teams, Learning Support team and Student Relations Manager, will contribute to the delivery and development of a range of services including individual and group work and provision of a professional advisory service for staff and students, internal or external referrals, and curation of psycho-educational or self-help resources.
This role would be a great fit if you’ve a working knowledge of the specific concerns currently facing HE Institutions and their students, and an understanding of the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
Key Responsibilities:
(This is a hybrid role 2/3 days a week in either London or Birmingham, with 2/3 worked from home)
About QA:
QA is the UK's leading provider of tech and digital skills, including funded workplace learning programmes, University programmes and apprenticeships. We play a key role in tackling the UK’s alarming nationwide shortage of digital skills, and partner with most FTSE 250 companies to help provide innovative solutions for much-needed training shortages.
We’re currently on an exciting growth trajectory and are looking to welcome a full-time Counselling Service Clinical Lead into our market leading Welfare team.
About the Position:
With evidence of relevant continuing professional development/training in the field of mental health/therapeutic interventions, you'll be responsible for developing a counselling service facing increasing demand, through excellent management; working to develop systems and processes, safeguarding, and providing expertise in clinical issues.
The post holder, in collaboration with the Welfare/Mental Health teams, Learning Support team and Student Relations Manager, will contribute to the delivery and development of a range of services including individual and group work and provision of a professional advisory service for staff and students, internal or external referrals, and curation of psycho-educational or self-help resources.
This role would be a great fit if you’ve a working knowledge of the specific concerns currently facing HE Institutions and their students, and an understanding of the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor the provision of counselling to ensure all students work within their competencies, in accordance with BACP guidelines
- Hold clinical responsibility for all client work
- To oversee & report on the provision of clinical assessments of
- clients and/or making suitable and timely referrals out
- To supervise & monitor the allocation of new referrals to staff in line with their current caseload numbers
- To ensure team use of systems in accordance with approved service policies and procedures,
- To take responsibility for team recruitment, probation, performance & development review, and clinical performance
- To take responsibility for embedding Counsellors into QAHE and preparing reports as required
- To contribute to the development of policies, procedures and practices, under the direction of the Head of Welfare to improve service provision
- To manage a small caseload of the more complex clients and assist the Head of Welfare with complex decisions relating to the mental health of a student, plus Safeguarding
- To promote the counselling and mental health service
- To supervise arrangements for any associate counsellors/student placements
- To propose individual/team professional development and supervision needs
- Ensure that any serious concerns about students/disciplinary matters are raised to the Head of Welfare
What We'll Do For You!
About You:
Being someone with excellent communication skills and the ability to engage and motivate students, you’ll also need to have the following essential experience:
Supporting clients with complex mental health difficulties in a multi-agency context- Conducting counselling/mental health assessments, including assessment of risk
- Working with people with complex difficulties in a relevant context
- Responding proactively to people experiencing crisis
- Working within a higher educational or other complex organisational context
- Coordinating the casework of a team
- Experience of developing or contributing to professional networks/policy development
- Line management experience
- Experience of delivering group interventions
- Ability to offer a variety of therapeutic approaches to working with clients
- Working knowledge of the specific concerns currently facing HE Institutions and their students
- Ability to motivate, lead and work as part of a team
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with external agencies
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Ability to use IT to underpin work.
- Meet and exceed relevant professional code of conduct in all areas of work
Essential Qualifications:
Qualification in clinical supervision and post qualification status as a counsellor, or psychotherapist.- Accreditation/registration as a counsellor, or psychotherapist and supervisor with BACP/UKCP/BPS or equivalent
- Relevant professional, postgraduate qualifications in the field of counselling or mental health e.g. CPN, Counselling Psychologist
We’re offering you the following strong benefits package;
27 days holiday plus ability to purchase 5 more days- 3 days a year fully paid training,
- 2 days a year paid charity volunteering
- Medicash (healthcare moneyback scheme)
- £500 referral scheme
- A superb Gymflex scheme
- Our own BenefitsHub to receive loads of discounts
- Casual dress code and more…
You’ll instantly become welcomed into the team and at QA, we celebrate our diversity and have won numerous awards that demonstrate our commitment to our inclusive culture. We want everyone to feel part of QA, so have created several welcoming networks that you can join, and we’ll set you up with a buddy to help get you settled in from day one.
As QA is growing, we’re lucky to be able to offer our fabulous people clear career progression, which is why so many of us choose to stay! There’s a huge wealth of opportunity to move around the different areas in QA. We also enjoy our fantastic rewards and recognition awards, which really helps keep motivation levels going. After all, who doesn’t like being praised for working hard?
As a market leader in training, we know a few things about learning & development! You’ll have access to our bespoke development programmes as well as a clear progression structure to fulfil your potential.
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London, London, London (Middlesex Street)
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