School Counsellor

Run a suitable appointment system flexible to the needs of the school, offering students appropriate assessments and counselling appointments - Manage the tight time boundaries of the role and the often complex and varied workload - Liaise with school staff over referrals, waiting lists and appointments - Carry out initial clinical and risk assessments and establish appropriate referral pathways with other services where appropriate. Continually assess risk throughout each student's counselling. - Follow YMCA Dialogue safeguarding procedures; to know who the School's Designated Safeguarding Officer/s is and how to contact them when a safeguarding concern arises - Work at all times within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions - Maintain individual membership of the BACP and to become a Registered Member (or other professional body such as HCPC) - You will establish good professional working relationships with key school staff

We are recruiting for an experienced and qualified counsellor with experience of working with young people to join our team and deliver the school counselling service at Millais School, a girls' secondary school in Horsham, West Sussex. We are seeking a qualified counsellor who is passionate about making a difference to lives of the children and young people they work with. You will have a keen interest in and experience of working with young people of secondary school age., You will have a Counselling or Psychotherapy qualification, minimum Level four and ideally Level six, and two years' post qualifying experience in individual counselling or therapy with young people. This will include working with risk issues - You will also have a sound understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies, and procedures - You will have proven experience in safeguarding children and young people; responding to, managing, and referring safeguarding issues - You will have a BACP Membership; BACP Registered or Accredited. Or other professional body e.g. HCPC - You will have a keen interest in working with children and will be familiar with using creative therapeutic approaches, along with experience of working in a school setting

15 hours per week / £33,130 per annum pro rata / Permanent - term time only / Working Tuesday and Wednesday 8.30am - 4.30pm. Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health. Established in 1996, Dialogue School Counselling is a BACP accredited school counselling service covering Sussex and Surrey. Dialogue has built an excellent reputation with schools, professionals and commissioners and the service has developed and expanded over the years, now operating across Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex, and Surrey. Dialogue has built an excellent reputation with schools, professionals and commissioners and the service has developed and expanded over the years, now operating across Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex, and Surrey., We help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health. Each year, we support thousands of children and young people up to the age of 25 across Sussex and Surrey. We offer support in three service areas:

• Housing provision and sustaining accommodation
• Specialist information, advice and support
• Emotional wellbeing and mental health
We are a member of the YMCA Federation of England & Wales and are guided by their vision of 'transforming communities, so all young people can belong, contribute & thrive'. This vision reflects the original Christian foundation of the YMCA movement, but with a clear emphasis on being an inclusive organisation. Our values - we welcome all, we inspire, we support, and we speak out - guide us in all our actions. Why work for us? Our Benefits Health and Wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan with Health shield
Claim money back for dental, optical, physio costs, alongside access to mental health support, remote GP appointments and counsellors. Employee Assistance Programme with Health Assured Range of confidential support services available to you and your immediate family: - Telephone helplines available 24/7 - Formal counselling, either in person or telephone sessions - Online video counselling and online CBT Occupational Health We work with Apollo Direct who offer occupational health assessments to support staff with their health/wellbeing., In the event of your death, your nominated individual(s) will receive a one-off payment equivalent to x2 of your annual salary. Flexible Working patterns (role and service needs dependant) - Flexible working hours - Opportunities to work from home Maternity leave (Enhanced package - dependant Annual leave Incremental annual leave 27 days a year + bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time) After 5 years' service, increases by 2 days (pro-rated for part-time) Pension - A contributory pension scheme with Legal & General. Employees contribute a minimum of 4% of salary (you can opt out) and YMCA DownsLink Group will contribute 3% + 1% tax relief from the government. - Pension and financial advice appointments with Engage Wealth Management. Plus - Free Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check: You will need a DBS check to clear you to work with children and young people. We will help you with the application and cover the cost, including the Update Service subscription fee. - Long service awards - Cycle to Work Scheme - Blue Light Card - Company sick pay scheme