Job title and organisation: School Counsellor - GIPSIL
Salary: £14,184 actual
Hours: 18.5 (Tuesday all day, Friday all day, plus 1 extra half day to be agreed
Contract: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Thursday 4 December at 12 Noon
Team: Community, Health and Prevention
Responsible to: Counselling Manager
Benefits: Fully funded Clinical Supervision, Reflective Practice, and BACP membership
Leave: Term Time Only
GIPSIL is committed to all aspects of safeguarding. We believe that all children and adults, who are at risk of harm, have the right to be protected from abuse. GIPSIL aims to ensure that all staff and voluntary workers who seek work at GIPSIL and who have access to children and adults are safe to do so.
GIPSIL is a community based organisation providing housing, counselling, advice and support to young and vulnerable people at risk in Leeds.
As an organisation we are committed to the following principles in recruitment to ensure we can effectively achieve our aim of providing equal opportunities and safer recruitment;
- We recruit for potential, not perfection
- We are a values based recruiter
- We value lived experience as a demonstration of capability for a role
- We only utilise truly “essential” criteria in recruitment
- We are committed to safer recruitment practice
When we refer to Values we are talking about our organisational Values, found here.
We are a disability confident employer.
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.
The Benefits
- Joining an established team of Counsellors/ Play therapists / Art Therapists
- You’ll benefit from free training and CPD opportunities
- You’ll receive regular Line Management supervision and access to clinical supervision and in house Reflective Practice sessions with your team
- We cover BACP membership costs
- A receive new DBS through GIPSIL
To apply for this role please go to Vacancies - Gipsilfor a full application pack
To arrange an informal conversation about this role please contact Hannah Railton via email Hannah.railton@gipsil.org.uk
Please note that GIPSIL will not accept CV’s. No agencies.
- Deadline for applications: Thursday 4th December 12pm
- Shortlisting Date: Thursday 4th December
- Interview Date: Friday 12th December
If you do not hear from us within 5 days post the shortlisting date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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