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
Helping young people feel safe, heard and supported
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.