Counselling and Wellbeing Adviser - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - Kent Police and Essex Police

Kent Police and Essex Police

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location of Role:
Chelmsford

Advert Closing Date: 02/02/2023

Salary Range:
£36,177.00 to £38, pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:
Part Time

Contract Type:
Permanent

Working Pattern:
Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working:
No

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Counselling and Wellbeing Adviser within Kent Police, working with a small, innovative team to deliver a mix of proactive wellbeing programmes' as well as one to one counselling for police employees, facilitating psychological screening processes and leading on peer support initiatives.

The ability to design and present psycho-education/wellbeing training to staff members of the organisation is essential as you will be required to deliver and develop wellbeing initiatives in a training capacity.

Experience with facilitating groups is also essential.

You will be involved in the provision of a proactive and therapeutic service including counselling to officers and staff.

You will work closely with colleagues in our Health Services as part of the Occupational Health and Health and Safety teams to improve and maintain health and wellbeing for employees within Essex Police.

You must be an Accredited Counsellors with the BACP/UKCP or working towards Accreditation with a minimum of two years post qualification experience, preferably within an organisation setting.

Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and oral, are essential for this role. Knowledge of the policing environment is desirable.

This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and dynamic therapist who can bring their wide experience of working therapeutically into the emergency services environment.

If you require any further information on the role, please contact Vickie Bond and leave a message on

Successful applicants for this role will be defined as an; Office based Agile Worker - Office based agile working with designated team area.

Works predominantly (60% or more) in one office space. The rest of the time works at home or at other police site locations.

The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work depending on tasks, including the potential to work from home on occasion.

There will be a requirement to regularly attend the workplace for the majority of the working week, as agreed with the line manager.

Currently the designated contractual workplace for this role is located at an Essex HQ Chelmsford site

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to British Citizens, members of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area.

If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

All applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

Essex Police is a Disability Condifent Leader, we:
are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

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