Young People's Counsellor - Bradford, United Kingdom - Relate Bradford & Leeds

Description

Job description

Relate Bradford & Leeds

Relate Bradford & Leeds is a registered charity and has a Board of Trustees, which is legally accountable for the activities of the organisation.

Relate Bradford & Leeds are fortunate to have a diverse client demographic and colleagues embrace and positively promote equal rights for those of different social, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

About Relate Bradford & Leeds

Why we do what we do

Because the relationships we have with ourselves and others matter and good relationships help us all to live more fulfilled, healthier and happier lives.

What we do

As a caring organisation, we give you the time, space and support to explore relationships and help you see how you might be able to work through and overcome relationship challenges in order to move forward positively.

• We put you at the heart of all that we do, by providing a confidential, ethical and professional counselling service of the highest quality, exploring options, individually tailored to your current situation
• We enable you to be more aware of feelings, to explore options and to improve coping skills
• We work in partnership with others

Our values, principles and behaviours

• We place kindness at our core and always strive to be respectful, supportive, professional, dependable and empowering
• As a passionate, curious and creative organisation looking to the future, we endeavour to develop innovative and dynamic interventions, continually championing the importance of healthy relationships and the role they play in ensuring good mental health
• With our partner organisations, we will be helpful, responsible, collaborative and dynamic

We have an active Board, responsible for governance (steering and accounting for the organisation) whilst day to day management functions (getting things done) are organised by the Chief Executive Officer.

Main Responsibilities
The provision of a high quality and effective therapeutic counselling and emotional support services to young people.

Everyone who works at Relate Bradford & Leeds has the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children' and vulnerable people


In practice this means:

• Being aware of Relate Bradford & Leeds policies and procedures regarding Child and Vulnerable people protection and safeguarding.
• Reporting all causes for concern to the Safeguarding Lead.

Professional relationships

Primary:

Clinical Supervisor, CEO, Clinical Supervisor, Appointments Secretaries (internal) Also, other counsellors and volunteers, the Head of Service Delivery & Development and Trustees.

Job Purpose

To deliver therapeutic counselling and emotional support services to young people (10 and above) on behalf of Relate Bradford & Leeds, in line with Relate's policies and practices and to ensure excellent record keeping and service quality along with the highest standards of safeguarding and welfare.

Responsibilities:
Clinical
To deliver a one-to-one therapeutic counselling and emotional support service to young people across Relate Bradford & Leeds in a variety of settings and locations as required;
To conduct initial assessments of young people who either self-refer or are referred to Relate by their parents/carers, school, GP or other agencies and commissioning bodies;
To provide ongoing counselling to clients in accordance with the centre's policies and procedures;
To employ a range of tools, techniques and media in order to connect with young people and encourage them to express and communicate their emotions;

To maintain clear and adequate client records and case notes and ensure these are kept secure and confidential in accordance with Relate policies and procedures;
To ensure safeguarding and child protection procedures are followed in line government regulations and the requirements of the centre and national Relate policies;
To ensure all working practices are compliant with Relate's policies and standards and to work within the ethical guidelines of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP);
To provide supportive group work to young people in schools and other settings, if required;
To work in tandem with partners to fulfil relevant safeguarding criteria.

To be alert to risky behaviour and respond appropriately by addressing in supervisions.

To attend meetings, reviews and conferences appropriate to your work and report back appropriately.

To become aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse by attending relevant courses.


Measuring outcomes

• Ensure thorough implementation of 'The Difference We Make' outcomes measurement tools with all clients in order to assist the therapeutic process in setting goals and to monitor clients' progress and any other outcome and monitoring tools.

Supervision and line management

• To attend a minimum of 1.5 hours' individual supervision each month (a