School Counselling Project Manager
- Employer
- YMCA DownsLink Group
- Location
- Hove, East Sussex
- Salary
- £35,720 per annum, pro rata
- Closing date
- 4 Sep 2024
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- Sector
- Care, Childcare, Social Care, Education, Support, Public Sector, Charity, Community , Social Care
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
THE ROLE: Part-time (22.5 hours per week) / Permanent / Job description and benefits are available to download from this advert
Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Established in 1996, Dialogue School Counselling is a BACP accredited school counselling service covering Sussex and Surrey. We are looking for an enthusiastic School Counselling Project Manager to join our experienced and supportive counselling team to coordinate and deliver an innovative and clinically excellent mental health and wellbeing service. The post holder will manage counselling contracts, build and maintain relationships with schools, line manage Dialogue school counsellors, and ensure the highest quality counselling service is delivered to schools, children and young people.
This is a hybrid role with flexibility between working in the office and at home and will include frequent travel to school locations - preferred working days are between Tuesday to Friday, but can be discussed at interview.
ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
The successful applicant will be a confident, organised individual with some experience of project development work, including project monitoring, evaluation and reporting. You will already have experience of supporting vulnerable young people to include working with risk issues such as self-harming and substance misuse, along with experience of Trauma-Informed practice. Our ideal candidate will also be confident in safeguarding, risk management and multi-agency working. Applicants will need to have experience in service management, and it is desirable but not essential to have a counselling or therapeutic background. If you are a qualified counsellor, you must have BACP membership or be registered with another recognised professional body such as HCPC or UKCP.
Company
We help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health. Each year, we support thousands of children and young people up to the age of 25 across Sussex and Surrey. We offer support in three service areas:
- Housing provision and sustaining accommodation
- Specialist information, advice and support
- Emotional wellbeing and mental health
We are a member of the YMCA Federation of England & Wales and are guided by their vision of ‘transforming communities, so all young people can belong, contribute & thrive’. This vision reflects the original Christian foundation of the YMCA movement, but with a clear emphasis on being an inclusive organisation. Our values - we welcome all, we inspire, we support, and we speak out - guide us in all our actions.
Why work for us?
Our Benefits
Health and Wellbeing
*Health Cash Plan with Health shield
Claim money back for dental, optical, physio costs, alongside access to mental health support, remote GP appointments and counsellors.
Employee Assistance Programme with Health Assured
Range of confidential support services available to you and your immediate family:
- Telephone helplines available 24/7
- Formal counselling, either in person or telephone sessions
- Online video counselling and online CBT
Occupational Health
We work with Apollo Direct who offer occupational health assessments to support staff with their health/wellbeing.
Family friendly
*Life Assurance Cover
In the event of your death, your nominated individual(s) will receive a one-off payment equivalent to x2 of your annual salary.
Flexible Working patterns
(role and service needs dependant)
- Flexible working hours
- Opportunities to work from home
Maternity leave
(Enhanced package – dependant
Annual leave
Incremental annual leave
27 days a year + bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time)
After 5 years’ service, increases by 2 days (pro-rated for part-time)
Pension
- A contributory pension scheme with Legal & General. Employees contribute a minimum of 4% of salary (you can opt out) and YMCA DownsLink Group will contribute 3% + 1% tax relief from the government.
- Pension and financial advice appointments with Engage Wealth Management.
Plus
- Free Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check: You will need a DBS check to clear you to work with children and young people. We will help you with the application and cover the cost, including the Update Service subscription fee.
- Long service awards
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Blue Light Card
- Company sick pay scheme
- Website
- http://www.ymcadlg.org/
- Telephone
- 01273 222595
- Location
-
YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP
Reed House
47 Church Road,
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 2BE
United Kingdom
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