Children and Young Peoples' Counsellor - Grangemouth, United Kingdom - Rookie Rockstars

Rookie Rockstars

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Grangemouth, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Term Time Schools Counsellor
2 days per week

Paid throughout the year

Application Deadline 10/6/23

9.00am - 3.30pm

Rookie Minds is part of Rookie Rockstars, a registered Scottish Young Persons Mental Health and Well-being charity. Our mental health counselling service 'Rookie Minds', offers counselling to children within a school setting.

Rookie Minds is seeking to recruit an exceptional, qualified counsellor with a minimum of 1 years experience working with children, ideally within a school environment.

The successful applicant will be required to deliver counselling sessions within primary schools.

Currently we are seeking an experienced counsellor to work two days per week (during term time) in a primary school in Falkirk.

There is scope for this to increase over time.

We aim to help children and young people develop the tools necessary to navigate through a range of difficult and complex experiences.

An understanding of the impact mental health has on attainment in education is fundamental.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

Provide onetoone counselling sessions to school aged children and young people
Carry out counselling sessions for small groups of children, likely to be of upper primary school age
Carry out assessment interviews with new referrals and evaluate appropriate counselling methods
Work closely with Senior Leadership teams and Designated Safeguarding Leads within the school
Liaise with parents and carers where appropriate
Develop and maintain adequate records of clinical work
Fulfil professional supervision requirements
Contribute to the evaluation of the service by using a range of clinical wellbeing, evaluation and measurement tools
Comply with all policies, procedures and service standards
Undertake relevant training to continue professional development
Keep informed of needs and issues that affect young people
Build healthy relationships with parents and school staff, as well as outside agencies and referral organisations
Attend regular meetings with the Line Manager and provide updates on services provided
Attend and contribute to team meetings

Qualities/Skills:

Excellent and proven organisational and communication skills (written and verbal)
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships
Ability to manage caseloads
Ability to work on own initiative and be selfmotivated
Demonstrate a sound sense of personal integrity and ethics
Collaborative working style and strong work ethic
PVG scheme member
Membership of an appropriate counselling organisation (BABCP, COSCA, PTUK or similar)