Sessional Counsellor (Bank)
Adferiad Recovery delivers a flexible and coordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions and related issues. Vulnerable people facing complex life challenges need consistent and seamless support to ensure they remain engaged with vital health and wellbeing services – and to prevent them becoming disenfranchised and isolated.
Hours: Flexible, as required
Salary: £15.30 per hour
Based at: Dawn Centre, Colwyn Bay
Interviews for this position will take place on 4th October 2024.
Job Purpose:
To provide a specialist Counselling 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.
Essential Qualifications:
Diploma in Counselling (as a minimum).
BACP membership.
Other Essential Requirements:
Full UK Driving License and use of a car or ability to attend work and move between clinics efficiently using public transport.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you think you might have these skills, but are not 100% sure, please do still apply and let us decide. We know that certain groups rule themselves out of interesting opportunities assuming that others will be more successful, but please don't be that person. We want to hear from the widest cross section of the community.
Adferiad Recovery welcomes applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK, and values diversity in the workplace. All employees are required to act inclusively to encourage, promote, and cultivate our values. (Such as rights affirming and cultural diversity).
Working towards becoming a Rights Affirming organisation, we actively encourage applications from people where the Person Specification calls for a particular qualification or experience, we will consider waiving these requirements if an applicant who could not achieve them because of a disability can demonstrate he/she would be capable of performing well in the job and fulfils the criteria in other respects.
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