Counsellor - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Eating Distress North East

Description

Job Title:
Counsellor


Location:
EDNE offices (Central Newcastle), home


Salary:
£28,145.88 FTE (pro rata for hours worked)

Hours of work: 18.5 per week

• Type: Fixed term (the posts are for 1 year initially, with possible extension if funding is renewed)

A current DBS certificate is required for this position

Main Purpose of Job

• Deliver high quality counselling to residents age 16+ who are living with eating disorders / eating distress.
• Maintain all records according to monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Ensure service objectives and targets are met.
• Ensure consistent excellence in service provision.
• Key Tasks and Responsibilities
• Provide initial assessments & counselling sessions, both online and inperson, to people aged 16+ affected by eating distress/disorders working mainly from a personcentred approach
• Accept referrals and carry out appropriate assessments

Provide information on and signpost onto relevant services / sources of help as necessary

• Liaise with GPs and other health professionals as needed to ensure a high standard of service which safeguards the physical wellbeing of the client

Ensure all service users receive a welcoming, safe, sensitive and confidential service that is responsive to their needs

• Ensure all monitoring and evaluation paperwork is completed with service users

Be responsible for collection and processing of all required monitoring and evaluation information, keeping accurate and up to date case notes for service users

• Work with the Counselling Lead to ensure the professional and effective delivery of EDNE's therapeutic services
• Help service users to achieve outcomes
• Supply regular reports and data as required for management information and reporting to funders and EDNE Board of Trustees
• Attend and contribute to meetings of the counselling team

General Duties

• Seek continuous improvement in the service through reflective practice, learning from service user feedback and current developments in the field
• Actively participate in clinical and management supervision and annual appraisals and work to agreed objectives
• Actively contribute to planning and policy through away days etc.
• Exemplify and promote the values and ethos of EDNE, demonstrated positively through the work
• Attend all necessary training
• Maintain professional standards of practice, keeping up to date with relevant current issues
• Work in accordance with EDNE's policies and procedures at all times
• Maintain professional registration / accreditation with BACP / UCKP or equivalent
• Any other duties of a reasonable nature as directed by EDNE's management team

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised counselling / psychotherapy qualification
  Essential
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in a paid or voluntary capacity
  Essential
• BACP/UKCP (or equivalent) Counsellor accreditation or working towards
  Essential
• Qualification in digital / telephone counselling
  Desirable

Experience

• Experience of undertaking clinical and risk assessments
  Essential
• Caseload management
  Essential
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation methods and processes
  Desirable
• Experience of telephone and / or online counselling using video platforms
  Desirable
• Experience of counselling people aged 16+ who have experience of eating distress and or eating disorders
  Desirable
• Experience and understanding of the voluntary and community sector
  Desirable

Knowledge

• Understanding the importance of confidentiality, safeguarding, handling sensitive personal data and data protection
  Essential
• Understanding of and strong commitment to the aims and principles of EDNE Eating Distress Service
  Desirable
• Good knowledge of and strong commitment to equality and diversity
  Essential
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and achieve targets
  Essential
• Understanding of the issues faced by people with eating distress
  Essential
• Knowledge and experience of effective use of monitoring systems
  Desirable

Skills and Ability

• Work under own initiative and /or as part of a team
  Essential
• Ability to build trust and make people feel relaxed
  Essential
• Excellent communication skills verbal, written and via computer systems
  Essential
• Excellent organisational, time management and IT skills to enable you to manage your time and meet deadlines and objectives
  Essential
• Ability to make good use of clinical supervision
  Essential
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships with other services and colleagues in order to improve service delivery
  Essential
• Able to use Microsoft Programmes including Word and Outlook
  Essential

Other

• Willingness to work flexibly and ability to work some evenings and weekends
  Desirable
• Resourceful and highly motivated
  Essential
• Ability to