Children and Young People Counsellor

Delivering counselling sessions to clients identified through the Emotional Wellbeing Mental Health Contract. As a counsellor, you’ll hold a weekly caseload of up to 15 children and young people, will work as part of a team, undertaking mental health assessment and delivering a range of evidence-based treatment for children and young people. (This may include individual, parent & child, sibling, family and group interventions.)

The service is underpinned by CYP IAPT principles, and the post holder would support and assist the core aims of this in the service.

Responsibilities

·       Provide time-limited and clinically appropriate counselling sessions for CYP

·       To work within the BACP, UKCP or equivalent ethical framework

·       Keep accurate records of individual engagement, evidence of change and celebrate progress with CYP

·       Build positive relationships with young people and where necessary parents and carers

·       Provide, record and report the appropriate data to ensure support programmes can be accurately monitored and evaluated  

·       Work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in one to one, peer and group supervision

·       Always apply safeguarding and child protection procedures

·       Provide written case studies as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions

·       Work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in 1:1, peer and group supervision

·       Work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support

·       Work within Eikon’s internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations

·       Be responsible for equipment/resources linked to service delivery

·       Attend and participate in any professional training as may be identified

·       Assist with the development and progression of the service by adhering to all communication requests and assisting with peer progression development when requested through case supervision

·       Work within Eikon’s equal opportunities, health & safety and safeguarding policies at all times

·       Attend and actively participate in regular clinical supervision

·       Work some evenings – in order to be able to contact young people