Hours: Saturday mornings
Type of role: Self Employed
Salary: £20 per session, including admin
Mid and North East Essex Mind is a local, independent charity connected to the national charity Mind. Our work takes place across the Colchester, Maldon, Tendring, Braintree and Chelmsford districts, and because we are local, we understand our community and our services fit what people need most.
We believe no one should have to face a mental health concern alone and our mission is to support and empower people experiencing an emotional or mental health condition by exploring and building on their personal hopes and aspirations. We achieve this by identifying and responding to community needs in order to deliver an effective and efficient systems of community based services.
We are expanding our Counselling Service and are actively looking for enthusiastic, dedicated and qualified counsellors to join our growing service.
As a self-employed counsellor you will need to work flexibly to provide one to one counselling sessions for fee paying clients, utilising highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to work with barriers leading to an understanding or acceptance of complex and sensitive issues.
You will need to be accountable for recording case notes to a computerised system, book appointments and liaise with our administration team and Service Manager.
Post holders should be able to demonstrate the following:
Listening: We listen to the needs of our wider community and each other – actively engaging, learning and sharing every day.
Co-producing: We believe that the people affected by a service are best places to help design it and reach collective outcomes together.
Trusted: We build trust in our communities by consistently delivering high quality services and being honest in everything we do.
Inclusive: We develop inclusive services and support that respect the diversity and dignity of everyone in our communities.
Innovative: We explore new ideas and ways of working to build a culture that embraces innovation, excellence and creative solutions.
Supportive: We foster a culture of empathy, respect and open communication to support our communities and each other.
If you share our values and identify with Mid and North East Essex Mind's mission statement, please apply.
#J-18808-Ljbffr