Senior Counsellor
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma in counselling
- Post graduate/qualifying training in working with trauma/sexual violence for adults or CYP eg evidence based therapies for PTSD
- Qualification in clinical supervision for counsellors/therapists
- Registered member of the BACP or equivalent
- Post graduate/qualifying training in working with children and young people (if applying to work with CYP)
Desirable criteria
- EMDR qualification
- Accredited member of the BACP or equivilent
- Qualification in therapeutic work on telephone or online
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working with sexual assault and trauma (adults or CYP)
- Demonstrable experience of working with clients involved in the criminal justice system
- understanding and experience of pre-trial therapy
- indepth knowledge of issues relating to rape, sexuall assualt, CSA
- Understanding of BACP ethical framework
- experience of working within a multidisplinary environment
- Minimum 2 years' post qualifying experience working therapeutical with clients' subjected to sexual violence or with trauma history
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision and case management to therapists
- Experience of delivering therapy through various modes eg groups; face to face; telephone; video
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of assessment including assessing needs of children displaying harmful sexual behaviour
- Experience of delivering therapy in other languages and with interpreters
- Experience of service co-ordinating and/or line management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Use of Excel and spreadsheets
- ability to use supervision effectively
- ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- ability to priorise own workload including ability to manage additional projects alongside clinical work within a demanding environment.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to influence, mentor and support team members
- IT/word processing skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Job Description B6 SARC Senior Counsellor (PDF, 171.0KB)
- Person Specification SARC B6 Senior Counsellor (PDF, 90.2KB)
- Functional Requirements form SARC B6 (PDF, 933.5KB)
- Inside MFT - Your Candidate Place (PDF, 306.4KB)