Groupworker

Role:                Groupworker

Location:          London and remote working (50/50 split)

Salary:             £16ph - £18.50ph PAYE / £21ph - £25ph umb (dependent on experience and pay status)

Start Date:       ASAP

Contract:         Temporary

Hours:             35 hours per week

Individual counselling sessions and group workshops delivered across London, including Paddington office and the sites in Wandsworth and Richmond.

Please note, this post is open to female applicants only – Section 7.2(E) of the Sex Discrimination Act applies.

Our client, a specialist domestic abuse charity are looking for a compassionate, trauma-informed Female Counsellor & Groupworker to deliver individual counselling and therapeutic groupwork to women survivors of domestic abuse.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred counselling and group work for women affected by domestic abuse
• Facilitate therapeutic groups and short-term one-to-one sessions where required
• Build and maintain positive therapeutic relationships, including with clients in crisis
• Deliver face-to-face sessions, with some flexibility for remote delivery if needed
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to support client progress
• Deliver up to 18 weekly counselling sessions per client, using a person-centred, trauma-informed approach.
• Conduct initial assessments to determine client suitability and ensure appropriate service allocation.
• Maintain accurate, confidential client records in line with WT policies and ethical standards.
• Monitor and evaluate client progress through agreed outcome measures.
• Provide short case studies and data for monitoring, evaluation, and funding reports.
• Participate in fortnightly clinical supervision and regular team check-ins

 Essential Requirements

• A minimum of a diploma in Person-Centred/Humanistic Counselling or equivalent is essential.
• BACP/UKCP accreditation: working towards it and BACP Registered
•  minimum of 450 client hours following the Person-Centred/Humanistic approach or as near as possible to this figure.
• A minimum of 2 years post qualification counselling experience
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with issues of domestic abuse including working directly with women clients.
• Experience of working with women from black and minority ethnic communities
• Ability to offer counselling sessions in community languages would be welcome
• Clear enhanced DBS on the update service

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.