Counselling Services Assistant

Greater London (On-site)
(2.1 Indirect) - £25,642.50 - £26, 521.88 per annum, pro-rated to £5,128.50 - £5,304.38 based on working 7.5 hours per week.
Part-time (7.5 hours per week – ideally over 2 days. )
Contract
Job description

LocationCamden

Salary: (2.1 Indirect) - £25,642.50 - £26, 521.88 per annum, pro-rated to £5,128.50 - £5,304.38  based on working 7.5  hours per week. (Please note, successful candidates are usually appointed at the bottom of the relevant band) 

Hours: 7.5 hours per week – ideally over 2 days. 

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31st May 2025

Closing Date: 19th September 2024 at 12 noon

Virtual Interview Date: 27th September 2024

 

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Counselling Services Assistant at Solace Women's Aid.  

We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

About the Service

Solace’s Counselling Services provide specialist therapeutic support service for survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence. This can include physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, financial abuse, coercive control, honour-based violence, FGM, stalking, prostitution, harassment, and other harmful practices.

We offer one-to-one counselling sessions to survivors aged 16+, who have a significant connection with one of the London boroughs we support. Our counsellors create a safe space for them to explore the impact of violence on their lives and help them to recover from the long-term impact.

About the Role

We are looking for someone to provide Admin Support to a new project within the Counselling Service Team. The Services Assistant is responsible for overseeing our duty line, processing referrals, and allocating service users to counsellors for assessments and counselling sessions.

We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important. If you wish to learn more about the role or if you are unsure about whether to apply, we encourage you to contact our recruitment team.

What we can offer you

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

  • Flexible working
  • Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Employer pension contribution
  • Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
  • Access to Inclusion Networks
  • Daily clinical debriefing
  • Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
  • Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
  • Eye Care Vouchers
  • Flow & Restore yoga classes
  • Meditation sessions
  • Cycle to Work Scheme

How to apply

Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the recruitment portal. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:

  • Values, Behaviours & Competencies
  • Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require any support to apply for this role, please email us.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.

Posted by
Solace Womens Aid View profile Company size 101 - 500
Posted on: 06 September 2024
Closing date: 19 September 2024 at 12:00
Job ref: S587
Tags: Administration, Advice / Information, Counselling