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About us
Therapeutic Counselling Services is an organisation dedicated to supporting mental health, emotional wellbeing and psychological resilience.


The role


We are seeking to appoint a counsellor on a 9-month fix term contract to work within a psychological wellbeing team in the Chepstow area, providing evidence-based treatments for young people & adults with psychological and emotional issues.

This will mainly involve individual clinical work but may include involvement in the provision of group interventions.


Responsibilities

  • Deliver a range of therapeutic interventions (counselling, groupwork, psychoeducation, psychological coaching) to support the psychological wellbeing of clients.
  • Maintain a daily record of appointment attendance using TCS systems (ACT).
  • Maintain a daily record of Clinical Notes using the TCS systems (Sincharta).
  • Support all therapeutic work using the TCS required measures (e.g., CORE, Exchange-Resilience Measures [ERM]).
  • Complete discharge forms required by the contract
  • Attend Manager meetings and Team meetings.
  • Prepare, complete forms and attend review meetings as organised by manager.
  • Have consultation with a member of the Safeguarding team and take guidance prior to making a disclosure of information gained in a confidential counselling session.
  • Be willing to promote psychological wellbeing and the supportive services of TCS to your clients.
  • Carry out service user assessment, complete screening paperwork appropriately.
  • Work in collaborative partnership with Client Support Team, Operations Manager, Colleagues and Managers.
  • Attend multidisciplinary meetings with external agencies under manager guidance.
  • Attend inhouse CPD events when requested by your manager.
  • Attend all inhouse policy update sessions.
  • Attend Clinical Supervision and take responsibility for rearranging supervision if you have to cancel or rearrange.
  • Follow TCS procedures for reporting all absences from work.
  • Accept reasonable requests to accommodate additional responsibilities in response to unforeseen events.
Essential Training & Qualifications

  • Counselling qualification at Diploma level (or equivalent level) which is recognised by BACP, COSCA or an equivalent body
  • Diploma level (or equivalent) qualification in counselling, psychotherapy, or counsellingpsychology which has been accredited by a recognised professional body (BACP, BPS, UKCP or similar)
  • Member of BACP or equivalent.
  • Hold or be working towards BACP accreditation as a counsellor.
Other

  • An enhanced CRB disclosure will be compulsory.
Essential

Driving licence, you will be required to travel to other locations


The post-holder must:

  • Be able to cope with unpleasant behaviour including verbal aggression and occasionally to work in conditions suboptimal for clinical activity.
Terms & conditions

  • 9month fix term contract
  • The successful applicant will be required to work 5 days a week however we are open to discussion for applicants that are looking for part time hours, we would require a minimum of 3 days.
  • Salary would be £30,076, FTE, salary will be pro rata for part time, based on number of days worked per week.
Why work for us

The TCS culture is one of respect, transparency, and collaboration.

All our staff should expect to be always treated with dignity and courtesy in the daily functioning of the organisation and feel safe at work.

TCS takes a holistic approach to supporting its team members, all staff have access to free counselling, extra supervision and regular 1-1 and review meetings with their manager.

TCS promotes connectedness through our Internal Facebook page and Company SharePoint Site

TCS shows value and appreciation in large and small gestures each year.

During a difficult year for our employees we acknowledged the financially challenging times by providing all staff with a generous cost-of-living bonus.

The TCS Group provided the following inclusive hiring information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.


Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 9 months


Pay:
£30,076.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Company pension
  • Onsite parking
  • Sick pay

Experience:


  • Psychotherapy: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location:
In person
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