Main purpose of Job

Delivering counselling sessions to clients identified through the Emotional Wellbeing Mental Health Contract. As a counsellor, you’ll hold a weekly caseload, 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.

Key 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

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

This Job Description and Person Specification reflect the duties of the post as they exist at this time and may be subject to changed based on the needs of the Department Programme. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements of this post from time to time as required.