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Counsellor

Service Care Solutions - Healthcare
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 2 days
Location

Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 2ED, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Service Care Solutions is seeking a Counsellor for a Substance Misuse Charity, requiring two years of experience in direct client work with substance misuse clients.
  • The role involves providing high-quality therapeutic support to clients aged 16 and above, focusing on drug and alcohol-related issues.
  • Main responsibilities include delivering structured therapeutic support programs, counseling individuals, and maintaining client records while collaborating with relevant agencies.
  • The pay rate for this position is £19.70 per hour (exclusive of holiday pay) or £22.07 per hour (inclusive of holiday pay), with an umbrella rate of £25 per hour.
  • Additional benefits include a £250 training allowance, excellent pay rates, and a referral bonus of £250.
Service Care Solutions are currently supporting a Substance Misuse Charity, and they are looking for a Counsellor to join their team. You must have experience Counselling clients with Drug & Alcohol related issues, and have experience with ages from 16 and above.Person Specification;The day-to-day delivery of high quality therapeutic support to substance misusing clients who access our clients services via statutory or self referral.Role Purpose of a Counsellor;
  • To provide counselling, support in relations to substance misuse.
  • To communicate our clients vision and deliver its mission
  • To provide direct client services by way of group and key work
  • To meet key service objectives in line with our clients policies, procedures and data collection systems.
Main Duties & Responsibilities ofa Counsellor;
  • To deliver a structured therapeutic support programme through group-work sessions and one to one interventions.
  • To contribute to regular reviews of the client with probation (where appropriate) and health workers or other relevant agencies.
  • To counsel individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models.
  • To help individuals address their substance use and offending behaviour through an agreed action plan.
  • To maintain records of the client attendance and participation in the group programme.
  • To explore, implement and supervise a range of approaches, activities and exercises, which are designed to promote health and support individuals through detoxification/stabilisation.
  • To utilise recording and statistical systems to collect and collate data and to ensure that all administration, case recording, written reports etc are maintained to agreed standards.
  • To utilise a flexible approach and where required participate in activities and tasks which directly respond to client need.
Requirements of a Counsellor;
  • Experience of direct work with Substance Misuse clients.
  • Two years experience of direct client work
  • Experience of developing and delivering therapeutic support programmes
  • Experience of providing direct client services, particularly assessment & Group Work
  • Experience of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
Pay rate;£19.70 PAYE Per hour - Exclusive of holiday pay£22.07 PAYE Per hour - Inclusive of holiday pay£25 Umbrella rate per hourOur client offers comprehensive, integrative and holistic drug and alcohol addiction treatment services in a residential inpatient setting. Providing effective and treatment for a variety of other Mental Health concerns.What we offer for a Counsellor;
  •  £250 Training Allowance
  •  Excellent Pay Rates
  •  A fantastic £250 Referral Bonus
  • Specialist Substance Misuse consultants offering single point of contact
If you want to hear more about this Substance Misuse Nurse role please send us your CV by clicking 'apply now'!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.