Join a team with a bold mission – at Swindon & Gloucestershire Mind, we are dedicated to reshaping the landscape of mental health and emotional wellbeing in our community. Our Self Harmony Counselling Service supports individuals who are engaging in self-injury/self-harming behaviours and are seeking to reduce or stop these behaviours through one-to-one counselling. The service also offers generalised counselling for people who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties or concerns. In addition to counselling, you will support clients aged 16 through assessments, risk evaluations, and collaborative working with other professionals. You will also contribute to training workshops aimed at improving understanding of self-harm and its management. What You'll Do: - Innovation and Empowerment: Channel your passion into providing evidence-based interventions, elevating the mental health and emotional well-being of the people we serve, while opening doors to life's possibilities. - Effective Partnerships: Ensure effective and appropriate communication with all individuals, staff, community agencies and partner organisations. Why Join Us: · Impact Matters: Join a team where your work directly transforms lives and contributes to a healthier community. · Personal Growth: We offer professional development opportunities that will enrich your career and help shape the future of mental health services in Swindon. · Collaborative Culture: Work alongside like-minded individuals who share your passion for making a meaningful impact. Key Responsibilities: 1. Deliver Person-Centred Support To manage a caseload of clients, offering sessions in line with the counselling service procedures and policies. To provide counselling in line with the service specification. To ensure counselling is being delivered in line with BACP guidelines or other ethical frameworks. To have a good understanding of how to support younger clients due to the service working with people aged 16. To screen all referrals including self-referrals and professional referrals and assess need/risk. To undertake assessments and report back to the counselling lead for allocation. To work closely with practitioners and informing them of when a client is due to exit and if additional support is required. To ensure agreed service standards are upheld and monitored using internal evaluations, user feedback, audits etc. 2. Effective Collaboration with External Agencies and Organisations To work closely with other staff within S&G Mind, including communicating any updates/concerns to practitioners involved with the person as well as internal MDT meetings. To liaise with professionals about Swindon wellbeing services, including attending multidisciplinary meetings. Attending meetings on behalf of the Swindon Manager when required. To signpost and support the person accessing the service to appropriate additional support services, resources and up to date information either internally or to external appropriate agencies. 3. KPI’s and Data Excellence To monitor and prepare stats and requested outcomes as needed. To maintain and manage own client record systems. To monitor data including amount of sessions provided within the service and time of access. To utilise S&G Mind systems to capture, track and monitor performance. To ensure client outcomes are effectively monitored and evaluated, and inputted for quarterly reporting. To produce case study reports. To write up notes from sessions and record information in line with S&G Mind policies and procedures.