Mental Health Counselor - Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom - WhereToTalk

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Please note that it is a genuine occupational qualification that a females takes on this role, and the post is exempt under section e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.

The Well Women Centre is delighted to be in a position to increase our counselling provision to better meet the needs of women in Wakefield.

We are recruiting a qualified Counsellor to provide therapy for women within a gender specific and trauma informed approach.

As a Counsellor joining our existing team, you will have dedicated support from one of the Counselling Team Leaders and more widely from peers within our counselling and casework teams.

These positions offer an opportunity to someone who is experienced in offering integrative therapy for clients that have navigated complicated and distressing life events.

In these roles you will offer brief and medium term 1:1 therapeutic interventions and you will develop your ability to provide gender specific, trauma informed therapy.

We are a caring, supportive all women centre. As a centre we pride ourselves in ensuring staff wellbeing is prioritised and offer opportunities for continued professional development.

There is the expectation of supported progression to training for Person Centred Experiential Counselling, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing to meet service need and professional development ambition for the right candidates.

We are passionate about women having quality wellbeing, support and mental health services.

WWC offer staff an employee pension scheme, monthly external clinical supervision, internal group supervision, health insurance with Sovereign Health Care, ongoing CPD, wellbeing sessions, generous annual leave allowance and funded training opportunities.

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