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Job description

We are recruiting for a Preceptorship Counsellor (SHIP) Are you currently working towards your full accreditation or would you be committed to working towards achieving full accreditation within the next 12 months. If so, we are delighted to share this preceptorship opportunity with you.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual counselling interventions to service users impacted by mild to moderate mental health and psychosocial difficulties, applying high fidelity, evidence informed therapeutic modalities in line with service specifications.
• Support clients experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This could include anxiety, low mood, trauma related presentations, substance misuse and self harming behaviours.
• Promote behaviours that increase resilience and prevent deterioration.
• Support service users to identify goals, enhance motivation for change, and develop practical coping strategies using evidence-based approaches (e.g. solution-focused and CBT-informed interventions)
• Under the supervision of designated senior clinical staff, complete brief standardised psychosocial assessments and work collaboratively with service users to agree appropriate counselling goals.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• To be flexible as the role may involve travelling and working at various locations and times.
• Possess a full current driving licence and access to a car. Business Insurance will be a requirement for this post. Consideration will be given to alternative travelling proposals for applicants with a disability who cannot hold a driver's licence.
• A professional Diploma in Counselling, covering psycho-dynamic, CBT and humanistic models of intervention or a person centred approach. OR Committed to working towards achieving full accreditation within one calendar year of taking up post.
• Experience providing counselling (either paid or in a voluntary capacity), with a minimum of 300 post qualified supervised counselling hours.
• A strong commitment and passion for working therapeutically with adults impacted by self harm and/or addiction, a willingness to support individuals experiencing emotional distress and psychosocial challenges associated with substance misuse and se
• Ability to understand and apply core principles of CBT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing (MI) within a supervised therapeutic setting.
• Experience or demonstrable understanding of non-abstinence, recovery-oriented approaches to substance misuse and self-harming behaviours.
• Understanding of counselling ethics, confidentiality, and professional boundaries.
• Understanding risk management and safeguarding in a self-harm and/or substance misuse context.
• Demonstrable written, verbal, and IT skills to enable accurate clinical documentation and reporting.