Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a qualified counsellor to join The Alder centre team to deliver conselling to clients affected by the death ofa child. You will hold a minimum of a Diploma in Counselling, newly qualified counsellors welcome. Refgistration with a staturay body is a requirement. Training in Understanding Child Loss and Bereavment will be provided if the successful candidate does not already hhave this.
The vacancy is part time and will consider appointment between 1 and 2 days a week.
Main duties of the job
The focus of the post will be to provide counselling and associated support to anyone affected by the death of a child but may include other service contracted counselling as designated by the Senior Counsellor, particularly counselling to Trust staff which may or may not be related to child bereavement.
About us
Our values:
We pride ourselves on the quality of our care, going the extra mile to make Alder hey a safe and special place for children and their families.
We are committed to continually improving for the benefit of our patients.
We are open and honest and engage everyone we meet with a smile.
We show that we value every individual for who they are and their contribution.
We work across the Alder Hey community in teams that are built on friendship, dedication, care and reassurance.
Values Based Behaviours
Respect
We show that we value every individual for who they are and their contribution.
Excellence
We pride ourselves on the quality of our care, going the extra mile to make Alder Hey a safe and special place for children and their families.
Innovation
We are committed to continually improving for the benefit of our patients.
Together
We work across the Alder Hey community in teams that are built on friendship, dedication, care and reassurance.
Openness
We are open and honest and engage everyone we meet with a smile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication
To provide one-to-one counselling with family members or Trust staff. This will take place within The Alder Centre and from home in the form of face-to-face, online or phone support.
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive atmosphere.
- Elicit highly sensitive information relating to e.g., behaviour, state of mind, attitude from clients during assessments where there is a need to reassure and empathise with the client and a need to gain an understanding from the client of an agreement of the direction and aims of therapy.
- Close communication with recently bereaved individuals, requiring an emotional robustness and sensitivity.
- Communicate with other professionals internally within the Trust and externally.
- Awareness of the effects of bereavement.
- An ability to work with traumatic grief.
Analytical skills
- Initial assessment of clients and continued assessment over an agreed period of counselling.
- Ability to analyse information from individuals who are under immense distress.
- To participate in regular caseload and performance management review.
- To participate in regular clinical supervision (provided by the Alder Centre).
Planning and organising skills
- Manage ongoing caseload of clients.
- Plan and manage own time and maintain awareness of daily team commitments.
Physical skills
- Listening skills
- Keyboard skills.
Responsibility for patient/client care
- Deliver therapy to meet the needs of individual clients.
- Contribute towards an appropriate therapeutic environment within the Alder Centre. This requires individual counsellors to support and assist colleagues and participate as a committed team member.
Responsibility for policy/service development
- Follow national and organisational policies applicable to their role including those implemented as a result of legislative changes.
- To comment on changes in administration procedures.
- Adhere to the Trusts Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Responsibility for financial and physical resources
- Careful use of counselling facilities and equipment.
Responsibility for human resources
- To be flexible in working hours, practices and attitude. This may include some evening and weekend working according to the pattern of the Centre's activities and service user needs.
- To assist in facilitating group support and delivery of training in relation to Child-bereavement.
Responsibility for information resources
To keep appropriate client records and observe associated Trust and Alder Centre administrative and clerical systems and procedures.
- Write up client notes following therapy sessions.
- Microsoft packages...
- Basic IT skills.
- Ability to keep confidential written documentation in line with GDPR.
Responsibility for research and development
- Keep up to date with new developments by reading, attending professional meetings and conferences on matters related to loss and bereavement and other areas of counselling applicable to development as a member of the Counselling Team and observance to professional status as per professional bodys requirements.
- Complete regular waiting list audits and caseload statistics.
- Attendance at team events.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Freedom to act
- Work with clients independently within policies and codes of conduct.
Physical efforts
- Accompany clients to and from reception area.
- Ability to sit for the duration of counselling sessions.
Mental effort
- In-depth proactive mental attention in client assessment and during therapy sessions.
Emotional effort
- Counselling child-bereaved individuals.
- Self-awareness: an understanding of own grief reactions and how they might impact on the therapeutic relationship.
- Providing therapy to individuals who are dealing with challenging family situations.
- Providing therapy for individuals with multiple presenting problems, eg bereavement, depression and anxiety.
Management and Leadership
- To be able to work as an effective, integrated team member.
- Able to work under own initiative and under difficult situations.
- Management of own caseload is essential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication
To provide one-to-one counselling with family members or Trust staff. This will take place within The Alder Centre and from home in the form of face-to-face, online or phone support.
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive atmosphere.
- Elicit highly sensitive information relating to e.g., behaviour, state of mind, attitude from clients during assessments where there is a need to reassure and empathise with the client and a need to gain an understanding from the client of an agreement of the direction and aims of therapy.
- Close communication with recently bereaved individuals, requiring an emotional robustness and sensitivity.
- Communicate with other professionals internally within the Trust and externally.
- Awareness of the effects of bereavement.
- An ability to work with traumatic grief.
Analytical skills
- Initial assessment of clients and continued assessment over an agreed period of counselling.
- Ability to analyse information from individuals who are under immense distress.
- To participate in regular caseload and performance management review.
- To participate in regular clinical supervision (provided by the Alder Centre).
Planning and organising skills
- Manage ongoing caseload of clients.
- Plan and manage own time and maintain awareness of daily team commitments.
Physical skills
- Listening skills
- Keyboard skills.
Responsibility for patient/client care
- Deliver therapy to meet the needs of individual clients.
- Contribute towards an appropriate therapeutic environment within the Alder Centre. This requires individual counsellors to support and assist colleagues and participate as a committed team member.
Responsibility for policy/service development
- Follow national and organisational policies applicable to their role including those implemented as a result of legislative changes.
- To comment on changes in administration procedures.
- Adhere to the Trusts Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Responsibility for financial and physical resources
- Careful use of counselling facilities and equipment.
Responsibility for human resources
- To be flexible in working hours, practices and attitude. This may include some evening and weekend working according to the pattern of the Centre's activities and service user needs.
- To assist in facilitating group support and delivery of training in relation to Child-bereavement.
Responsibility for information resources
To keep appropriate client records and observe associated Trust and Alder Centre administrative and clerical systems and procedures.
- Write up client notes following therapy sessions.
- Microsoft packages...
- Basic IT skills.
- Ability to keep confidential written documentation in line with GDPR.
Responsibility for research and development
- Keep up to date with new developments by reading, attending professional meetings and conferences on matters related to loss and bereavement and other areas of counselling applicable to development as a member of the Counselling Team and observance to professional status as per professional bodys requirements.
- Complete regular waiting list audits and caseload statistics.
- Attendance at team events.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Freedom to act
- Work with clients independently within policies and codes of conduct.
Physical efforts
- Accompany clients to and from reception area.
- Ability to sit for the duration of counselling sessions.
Mental effort
- In-depth proactive mental attention in client assessment and during therapy sessions.
Emotional effort
- Counselling child-bereaved individuals.
- Self-awareness: an understanding of own grief reactions and how they might impact on the therapeutic relationship.
- Providing therapy to individuals who are dealing with challenging family situations.
- Providing therapy for individuals with multiple presenting problems, eg bereavement, depression and anxiety.
Management and Leadership
- To be able to work as an effective, integrated team member.
- Able to work under own initiative and under difficult situations.
- Management of own caseload is essential.
Person Specification
Education & Training
Essential
- Recognised diploma in counselling or psychotherapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Have registered status with the BACP or equivalent professional body.
Desirable
- Degree / MA in counselling / psychotherapy.
- The Alder Centre course in Understanding Child Bereavement and Loss.
Experience
Essential
- oBereavement Counselling.
- oTeam working.
- oShort-term and long-term counselling.
- oWorking in a support role.
- oWorking with clients face to face and telephone and video support work.
Desirable
- oOccupational Health Counselling
- oSpecialist Child bereavement counselling
- oMultidisciplinary working.
- oVoluntary or NHS Health Sector experience.
- oHome-based working
- oSupporting Training programmes.
Knowledge
Essential
- oBereavement Counselling.
- oMicrosoft 365.
Desirable
- oNHS structures and policy within a primary care context.
Skills
Essential
- oHighly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written.
- oEvidence of ability to organise own workload.
- oExcellent written and oral communication skills.
- oIT skills and basic data input.
Desirable
- oPrevious experience with data input on IT systems. based working.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oFlexible with regards to working methods, hours and attitude.
- oAbility to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
- oAbility to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- oAbility to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
- oCommitment to continuing professional development and to reflexive clinical practice.
Person Specification
Education & Training
Essential
- Recognised diploma in counselling or psychotherapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Have registered status with the BACP or equivalent professional body.
Desirable
- Degree / MA in counselling / psychotherapy.
- The Alder Centre course in Understanding Child Bereavement and Loss.
Experience
Essential
- oBereavement Counselling.
- oTeam working.
- oShort-term and long-term counselling.
- oWorking in a support role.
- oWorking with clients face to face and telephone and video support work.
Desirable
- oOccupational Health Counselling
- oSpecialist Child bereavement counselling
- oMultidisciplinary working.
- oVoluntary or NHS Health Sector experience.
- oHome-based working
- oSupporting Training programmes.
Knowledge
Essential
- oBereavement Counselling.
- oMicrosoft 365.
Desirable
- oNHS structures and policy within a primary care context.
Skills
Essential
- oHighly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written.
- oEvidence of ability to organise own workload.
- oExcellent written and oral communication skills.
- oIT skills and basic data input.
Desirable
- oPrevious experience with data input on IT systems. based working.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oFlexible with regards to working methods, hours and attitude.
- oAbility to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
- oAbility to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- oAbility to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
- oCommitment to continuing professional development and to reflexive clinical practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
