Sessional Counsellor

Sessional Counsellor Colwyn Bay, Wales

Adferiad Recovery
Full Time Colwyn Bay, Wales 15 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

Job Purpose:

Working across the North Wales area providing a specialist Counseling Service to Adferiad clients. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.

Responsibilities:

  • To have commitment to and demonstrate an undertaking of equality of opportunity and its relevance to different sectors within the community.
  • Must demonstrate empathy towards Adferiad Recovery’s beneficiaries.
  • To carry out all other tasks commensurate with the role.

Client Work

  • To explain boundaries of confidentiality, exchange of information and informed consent to clients.
  • To undertake assessments. To be able to recognize substance misuse issues and common mental health issues, draw out relevant information needed for an assessment using skillful and sensitive questioning.
  • To make assessments based on a stepped care approach using relevant guidance such as the NICE Guidance for Commissioning Stepped Care for People with Common Mental Health Disorders
  • To provide expertise in a specialist clinical area, undertaking specialist psychological interventions, formulating mutually agreed contracts for counselling and therapeutic interventions with clients; establishing, maintaining and disengaging from relationships with the client group.
  • To select and deliver evidence-based client centred psychological treatments to meet the needs of the client group, monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical approaches.
  • Counselling, ACT, DBT, EMDR and brief interventions to be delivered in accordance with relevant NICE Guidelines.
  • To undertake and manage own client caseload.
  • To be accountable for own clinical decisions and professional actions in consultation with clinical supervisor.
  • To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
  • To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information, taking into account sensory and cultural barriers to communication.
  • To make provision for people with limited literacy skills.
  • To adhere to BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
  • To work in accordance with Adferiad Policies and Procedures, All Wales Child Protection Procedures and Wales Vulnerable Adults Protocol.
  • Making referrals to other services and agencies, to do this in a manner consistent with the specific referral processes used by those agencies.
  • To undertake clinical administrative tasks and reports relating to clients when necessary.

To refer clients to other services within Adferiad and other external agencies as appropriate. When making

General:

Administration

  • To keep in regular contact with CAST Appointments Team, Associate Director for therapeutic services and Clinical Supervisor.
  • Keep up- to- date records of current therapeutic and counseling work, case notes and other such pro forma as directed.
  • To comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (2016).
  • To make referrals to other services and agencies in accordance with guidelines.
  • To attend meetings as required.
  • To comply with information sharing protocols and procedures.

Professional

  • To maintain BACP membership, working towards MBACP membership.
  • To gain BACP Accreditation and maintain through Continuous Professional Development.
  • To participate in the Adferiad Recovery continuous learning, development and appraisal process.
  • To gain and maintain professional accreditation as appropriate to role.
  • To attend training provided, organised or arranged by Adferiad Recovery.
  • To operate within and observe Adferiad Recovery policies and procedures as amended and updated.
  • Participate in the development, evaluation and amendment of practice and protocols of treatment services.
  • Continue to develop professionally consistent with any qualifications held.
  • Make regular use of supervision as provided by Adferiad Recovery.
  • To attend training provided, organised or arranged by Adferiad Recovery.
  • To operate within and observe Adferiad Recovery policies and procedures as amended and updated.
  • Participate in the development, evaluation and amendment of practice and protocols of treatment services.
  • Continue to develop professionally consistent with any qualifications held.
  • Make regular use of supervision as provided by Adferiad Recovery.

Person specification for Sessional Counsellor:

Essential:-

  • Diploma in Counselling (as a minimum)
  • Current BACP membership and accreditation

Experience:-

  • Post qualification counselling experience
  • Experience in addictions and mental health work
  • Evidence of ongoing Professional Development

Skills:-

  • Effective communication skills with a particular emphasis on listening skills
  • Decision making skills (specifically within the assessment process)
  • Ability to manage workload, meet deadlines and work under pressure
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as being a member of the team
  • Competence with MS Office: Word and Outlook
  • Ability to reflect on own practice

Knowledge:-

  • Knowledge and understanding of the impact of mental health on individual’s lives and the stigma associated with diagnosis and labelling; the importance of working practice that doesn’t reinforce stigma.
  • Knowledge of early warning signs, monitoring and relapse prevention for mental health and substance misuse problems.
  • Knowledge of Mental Health legislation.

Other Relevant Requirements:-

  • Driving License and access to own vehicle
  • Subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS check (adults barred only)

Salary: £15.00 per hour

Based at: Various locations across North Wales

Accountable to: Associate Director, Therapeutic Services

Job Type: Zero hours contract

Salary: £15.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Referral programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Colwyn Bay: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 14/06/2023
Reference ID: AC096

Sessional Counsellor
Adferiad Recovery

www.cais.co.uk
Llandudno, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Public
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