Senior Counsellor Required (London Fire Brigade): London
London Fire Brigade (LFB)
Post: Senior Counsellor
Salary: £54,332 per annum
Grade: FRS F
Salary range: £54,332 – £70,549 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: 4 PM on Thursday 06 March 2025
London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London’s Fire and Rescue Service – one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city.
An exciting vacancy has arisen in the LFB for a second Senior Staff Counsellor to join our Counselling and Trauma Service on a permanent basis. We provide a comprehensive counselling service covering all areas of work-related and personal issues to the staff of a large emergency service.
Are you a qualified Counsellor or Psychotherapist with accredited or senior accredited status in the BACP or equivalent?
Do you have a qualification and/or proven experience in delivering clinical supervision?
Do you have experience of managing aspects of an established counselling service?
Do you possess the expertise, skills and enthusiasm to join a well-established team?
You will have the skills to develop effective counselling/supervisory relationships with a wide range of staff/staff counsellors from a variety of cultural backgrounds and possess an understanding of the role of counselling in an organisational setting.
Specialist skills in using CBT, expertise in working with trauma-related issues and experience in management of a counselling service would be an advantage.
The postholder will be expected to participate in an on-call rota (an on-call allowance will apply to this post).
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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