School Counsellor - Caernarfon, United Kingdom - Gwynedd Council

Gwynedd Council
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Caernarfon, United Kingdom

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Job title:
School Counsellor


Directorate:
Education


Service:
Additional Learning Needs and Inclusion


Closing date:
16/05/2024 12:00


Job type/Hours:
Temporary | 31/03/2025


Salary:
£30,392 - £32,704 a year


Pay Scale:
S4


Term time job:
39 Weeks


Location(s):
Caernarfon


Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack**Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

For further information about this post please contact
Dora Wendi Jones on **Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH


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CLOSING DATE:
10.00 AM, 16/05/24
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Personal attributes:


Essential:

Excellent communication and listening skills in Welsh and English.

The ability to respect and deal with clients in the strictest confidence.

Knowledge of Protection Procedures with regards to children and young people and how schools work with Safeguarding systems.

Knowledge of the matters that affect and disrupt young people's lives.

The capacity to work through personal motivation and work independently

Ability to form good working relationships with colleagues and other agencies.

An enthusiasm for working with children and young people

Patience, tolerance and sensitivity.

A capacity to work under pressure and to react quickly and competently to unexpected events


Desirable:

Ability to develop new skills and make use of unfamiliar software programmes.


Qualifications and relevant training:


Essential:

Qualification in Counselling at a Post Graduate Diploma or corresponding level that is recognised by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Holder, or working towards BACP Accreditation

Higher academic or occupational qualification in a relevant field of study

Registered member of BACP


Desirable:

Any specific training required for the post including accreditation

Qualification and/or training in art/drama/play therapy


Relevant experience:


Essential:


Experience of:
Experience of working as a counsellor

Experience of working with children and young people

Experience of keeping standardised notes

Experience of collaboration with others

Good IT skills and experience of computer and database programmes

Awareness of the principles behind Data Protection/GDPR


Desirable:

Experience of working in schools

Experience of offering creative therapy


Skills and specialist knowledge:


Essential:

Counselling/psychotherapy training to a Post Graduate Diploma level


Desirable:


Language requirements:


Listening and Speaking - Higher:


Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.


Reading and Understanding - Higher:

Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.


Writing - Higher:


Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).


Purpose of the post:


  • To ensure that the children and young people of Gwynedd and Anglesey are central to everything we do.

Responsibility for functions:


  • Laptop and mobile phone

Main duties:


  • Serve as a team member to provide an effective, professional and statutory counselling service for young people when and as needed.
  • Provide a face to face and/or virtual counselling service for individuals that are considered to benefit from counselling:
  • Provide and arrange a one to one assessment in compliance with BACP regulations
  • Comply with the limitation of the number of sessions in compliance with BACP regulations
  • Ensure that every client is assessed and is either attended to by the service or is referred to the appropriate service.
  • Act in a manner that complies with recognised standards of counselling providers:
  • Comply with the BACP Code of Practice and Ethical Framework
  • Follow recommendations of the Welsh Government Support Pack on good practice
  • Focus on children and young people's safeguarding and protection arrangements
  • Maintain a balance between Safeguarding and Ethics arrangements for the benefit of the client
  • Keep standardised notes on every case:
  • Collating basic notes on every individual case
  • Provide data and feedback to input into the service's information management system
  • Input client data into the secure online system on a regular basis
  • Ensure all notes are kept in accordan
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