Lead Counsellor - Adult Domestic & Sexual Abuse

The Pathway-Project Staffordshire 

JOB SUMMARY 

Job Title: Lead Counsellor – Adult Domestic & Sexual Abuse

Location: Staffordshire

Contract Duration: Initial contract 6 months with possibility of extension

Salary: £38,223 (FTE) per annum

Hours of Work: 22.5 per week

 

This post is open to women only, including those with lived experience of being a woman under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.  We value diversity and are committed to ensuring that our organisation is an inclusive place to work. We encourage applications from women from all backgrounds and communities and actively welcome applicants from Black, Asian, or other ethnic minority backgrounds and women with a disability .  

 

About Pathway Project

We are a domestic and sexual abuse service based in Lichfield & Tamworth, Staffordshire.We offer a range of support services and run two refuges in confidential locations.We have been operating for over 30 years helping adults and children overcome domestic abuse, and to build a future where they live in safety and are free from fear. Since our founder, Kathy Coe MBE, created Pathway Project, we have helped over 25,000 people, with 5,814 hours of support provided in the last year.We offer a wide range of services, including adult and children outreach and community support, mental health, wellbeing and financial advice. We support the relatives of those who have experienced domestic and sexual violence and offer specialist counselling, advocacy and care to all who need us.

Pathway Project believes in working as a cohesive team and are service user led.

Our helpline is access to all and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Why work for us?

We are a flexible and supportive employer, committed to the personal and professional development and wellbeing of our employees.

We offer the following benefits:

·         25 days paid leave plus statutory holidays (pro rata)

·         A competitive pension scheme

We value our colleagues and are constantly reviewing our policies and practice, looking for ways in which we can better demonstrate this. We also recognise the potential impact of working in this field and provide clinical supervision to all of our employees, whatever their role. In addition to the provision of clinical supervision, Pathway Project offers our practitioners peer supervision and encourages individuals to participate fully in these mutually beneficial sessions.

 About the role

We are recruiting a Counselling Lead to coordinate, lead and expand our counselling service. We are looking for an individual who is a British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) member; the successful applicant will be required to maintain their professional registration and accreditation.

You will be joining a team of experienced counsellors, providing multi-disciplinary trauma informed counselling to adults who have experienced domestic abuse at any point in their lives.

The successful applicant will hold their own small client caseload and will also co-ordinate and lead our service, ensuring our delivery falls within the BACP Framework and is safe, professional and accessible. The individual will actively promote our clients’ best interests and have an excellent understanding of and commitment to best practice, safeguarding and confidentiality.

The successful applicant will report to and receive regular supervision from the CEO.

This role description cannot cover every eventuality or task that may arise within this position and the post holder will be expected to carry out other duties from time to time which are broadly consistent with the role.

Training/Qualifications/Attainments:

Essential

Recognised qualification in counselling or psychotherapy Level 5 or above

Evidence of significant post-qualifying continuous professional development

Membership of BACP

Eligible for or working towards professional accreditation 

 

Ability to carry out assessments and provide high quality counselling

Experience of delivering integrative Counselling and Person-Centred Therapy

 

Experience of leading service development 

 

Recruitment and induction of counsellors and student counselling placements

Liaising with universities and colleges

Allocation of appropriate clients to counsellors and student placements

Provide on-site support to counsellors and student placements

Ability to assess client’s needs and risks including those with complex issues

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to maintain clear boundaries

Strong team working ethos and team management skills

Ability to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues and management, both verbally and in writing

Case recording and monitoring skills and ability to interpret data to produce reports

Good organisational, project management and IT skills

Allocation and monitoring caseloads for counsellors and  student placements

Ability to work well within a team

Experience of working under pressure and handling competing demands

Experience of working independently and managing own workload and others

A strong commitment to increase the availability of DA/SV counselling

Willingness to contribute to the charitable aims of the organisation and profitability

Desirable

Level 5 diploma or above in psychotherapeutic counselling

Certificate in counselling supervision

BACP accreditation

Experience of group work

Experience of working in an organisational setting

Experience of delivering counselling inthe voluntary sector

Experience of working in a time-limited  counselling approach as well as longer term work.

Significant experience of working with different modalities

Experience of service evaluation, serviceimprovement or contributing to service expansion

Experience of managing a service as part of a small organisation

Experience of audit and or research

Significant knowledge of IT systems used in the monitoring of high quality counselling services.

Other information:

 

Pathway Project is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes diversity across our services. All of our employees are required to adhere to our Equality & Diversity policies and to challenge discrimination wherever it is appropriate.

We strive to be as inclusive as is possible and look to recruit individuals with the right skills, experience and attitude, however, for genuine occupational requirement reasons we are looking to appoint a female only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9.

The role is subject to receiving satisfactory references, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, plus a probationary period.

How to apply:

Closing date – 5pm Thursday 17th October 2024

Please send a full CV together with a covering letter indicating why you meet the essential criteria In no more than 2 sides of A4 by email