Careminds - Associate Counsellor in Belfast

CAREMINDS ASSOCIATE COUNSELLOR Are you ready to use your counselling skills to make a lasting difference in the lives of vulnerable young people? CareMinds provides time-limited counselling for young people aged 1625 who meet the services eligibility and funding criteria. This includes care-experienced young people, care leavers and eligible homeless young people. The Associate Counsellor will provide a safe, respectful and collaborative therapeutic relationship to help each young person explore their concerns and support their emotional wellbeing and coping strategies. Counselling is normally offered over 68 sessions. It is not an open-ended service. Associates must not extend an episode or continue seeing a young person beyond the agreed allocation without prior approval from the CareMinds Mental Health Lead. Any later episode must follow a fresh referral, review and allocation through CareMinds. Job Description and Person Specification Please see full Job Description and Person specification for essential skills and knowledge required for the post on the MACS portal via the GETGOT recruitment platform and submit your CV to apply. You will also find Recruitment Guidance notes and Why Work for MACS documents with more information, or email if you have any further queries. Location: Based in or within practical travelling distance of Belfast, Lisburn, Downpatrick or Newry; available to take referrals in one or more of these locations. Hours of Employment: Flexible and sessional self-employed associate; allocations depend on referrals and associate availability. Session Fees: £40 per completed session; £10 per DNA. A higher fee applies for critical incident or high-risk work, agreed with MACS based on the clinical input required. Closing Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026. Additional Information MACS is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit and all offers of employment are subject to an Access NI Disclosure Check. TPBN1_NI