Counselling Coordinator

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. 

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. 

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Counselling Coordinator to be part of an established service developing and delivering counselling interventions. A key part of this role is recruiting and supporting volunteer and student counsellors as part of our community substance misuse provision, ensuring that psychological perspectives are central to everyone’s thinking.

You will support the empowerment of teams and individuals to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence around the needs of the people who access our services. Through consultancy, reflective practice, training, and clinical case management, you will help the wider team create an innovative and effective trauma-informed service.

Where: Cheshire 

Full Time Hours: 37.5hrs per week

Full Time Salary: £34,700.09 - £36,635.37 Dependent on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)

About the role: 

• Lead on a rolling cycle of recruitment of volunteer counsellors and counselling student and training across the year to ensure that volunteering is sustained in the service
• Ensure that all counselling students and volunteer counsellors are provided with a high-quality package of induction, training, clinical supervision, and appraisal to enable them to carry out their role effectively within the service
• Work with line managers to support and develop the Counselling Service Recruit and select suitable student volunteer counsellors and maintain good links with Universities and Colleges and other learning centres
• Carry out inductions, provide training and ongoing support for volunteer counsellors
• Provide counselling interventions for clients with complex or specialist needs as appropriate
• Part of your role will be to evaluate and monitor the counselling service to ensure outcomes are met

About you: 

• Professional Level 4 (minimum) Counselling Qualification and working towards BACP accreditation
• Working towards a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision or equivalent that adheres to BACP ethical principles
• An understanding of the issues facing individuals affected by substance misuse, including carers and family members
• Maintain professional boundaries with professionals, colleagues and service users at all times
• Ability to train counselling students and volunteers to support service users utilising a variety of interventions
• Make good use of clinical supervision
• Experience of recruiting, supervising and developing volunteers (desirable but not essential)

What we will give to you:  

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Earn vouchers with our generous Refer-a-Friend scheme 

Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications 

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you. 

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