Freelance Children and Young People's Counsellor
We are looking for two experienced Freelance Children & Young Person’s Therapist, to provide specialist support, counselling, and therapy to children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse, rape or sexualised violence. Each Therapist will be expected to commit to a minimum of two days per week.
Our Freelance Therapists can also deliver pre-trial counselling, one off wellbeing sessions to people waiting for support, and facilitate groupwork and peer support services with our clients.
You are passionate about supporting children and young people to recover, grow and thrive following experiences of trauma, abuse, or adversity. You share our commitment to empowering young people, amplifying their voices, and helping them build safer, healthier futures.
Working within the ethical framework of a recognised professional body, you will use creative and trauma-informed approaches, including art and play based interventions, to engage and empower young people.
As a self-motivated and proactive practitioner, you will be comfortable working independently, managing your own caseload and building effective relationships with schools, CAMHS, health services and other partner agencies.
You will have a strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management and safety planning, alongside excellent communication and record-keeping skills.
Above all, you will be committed to delivering high-quality support that makes a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people.
You will be entrepreneurial in your approach, taking ownership of your work, managing your time effectively and demonstrating the flexibility, initiative and professionalism required to deliver high-quality services as an independent practitioner.
Essential
- Recognised professional qualification in counselling, psychotherapy, or Play Therapy, (HE Diploma/Degree/MA)Membership of a recognised counselling regulatory body and an understanding and adherence to their ethical framework.
- A robust understanding of safeguarding and protection processes as applicable to the voluntary sector preferably recent advanced safeguarding training (within the last 2 years).
- A minimum of one year’s post qualification experience as a CYP counsellor/psychotherapist
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of issues surrounding rape and sexual abuse
- An understanding of safeguarding issues with respect to child protection issues, and the legal responsibilities surrounding these.
- An excellent understanding of legislative framework including.
- Confidentiality, Professional boundaries, Data protection and GDPR principles & Equal opportunities
- Ability to work on own initiative and independently, prioritising work effectively to meet KPIs
- Ability to work at times under pressure, to self-motivate, motivate others in an enthusiastic, professional, and collaborative way
- Ability to self-reflect, develop and improve practice through ongoing training and reviews.
- Able to work in a flexible and responsive way to meet the gender and cultural needs of people using our services
- Able to listen closely and communicates effectively with a variety of communities, agencies, and individuals
- Able to act with integrity and take personal accountability for your work
- Able to use reflective practice to continually improve performance by learning from mistakes and celebrating success
- Commitment to delivering quality services, achieve results, working effectively to meet KPI’s and sharing knowledge and learning
- Commitment to supporting people using our services to be involved through feedback and having a platform to amplify their voices
- Commitment to raise awareness in the community and challenge wider issues affecting the people who use our services
- Able to apply creative thinking and challenge the status quo to introduce new ideas
Desirable
- Experience of professionally supporting children & young people who have experienced current or historic trauma and/or sexual violence.
- Experience of effective multi-agency and partnership working
- Counselling training in trauma informed approaches to working
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