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. Candidate Pack - Here How to Complete an Application Form Interviews for this position will take place on 4th October 2024. 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. If you have difficulty accessing this information or would like it in a different format, please contact our recruitment team at recruitmentadferiad.org or on 01492 863005. Darparu Gwasanaeth Cwnsela arbenigol i gleientiaid Adferiad. 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Job Description Hours: Flexible, as required Salary: £15.30 per hour Based at: Dawn Centre, Colwyn Bay Responsible to : Head of Therapeutic Services Adferiad Overview 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. Adferiad Recovery harnesses the talents and experience of long-established and leading Welsh charities CAIS, Hafal and WCADA. Our combined expertise in the fields of substance use, mental health, housing, criminal justice, and employment support enables Adferiad Recovery to meet the needs of our most vulnerable with a single, unified, and comprehensive approach. 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. 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 skilful 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. To refer clients to other services within Adferiad and other external agencies as appropriate. When 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. 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 counselling 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 participate in the Adferiad continuous learning, development, and appraisal process. To operate within and observe Adferiad policies and procedures as amended and updated. To maintain membership of BACP To gain BACP Accreditation and maintain through Continuous Professional Development To make regular use of clinical supervision. To make regular use of management supervision. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies, with a particular emphasis around substance misuse and mental health issues. To be responsible for working within your level of competence. If you have concerns around this issue, to speak with your manager and supervisor. To undertake internal and external training as appropriate and as required as part of Continuous Professional Development. To develop and maintain professional working relationships with external agencies. Person Specification Qualifications: Diploma in Counselling (as a minimum). BACP membership. Experience: Post qualification counselling experience Experience in addictions and mental health work Evidence of ongoing Professional Development Post graduate qualifying hours that have been clinically supervised. (desirable) 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. Ability to reflect on own practice. IT literate to a high standard (desirable) Ability to speak Welsh (desirable) Knowledge: Knowledge and understanding of the impact of substance use on young persons’ lives and the stigma and difficulties associated with this. Knowledge of other service provision within the sector. Knowledge of early warning signs, monitoring and relapse prevention for mental health and substance misuse problems. Other Relevant Requirements: Full UK Driving License and use of a car or ability to attend work and move between clinics efficiently using public transport (If you are registered disabled, reasonable adjustments will be considered). Closing Date 23/09/2024 Location Dawn Centre, 35 - 37 Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay, LL29 8PD Department CT012 - Rhyl City Strategy Salary £15.30 per hour Experience Diploma in Counselling (as a minimum) and BACP membership. City Dawn Centre, Colwyn Bay Country Wales