Student Counsellor
City and Islington College
Islington
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 6 November 2016
Job overview
(0.4 Full Time Equivalent / 14 hours per week Tuesdays and Thursdays - 46 weeks year round - Permanent)
SALARY: From £32,138 up to £33,106 Pro Rata
Pro Rata Salary: £13,260 to £13,659
(Inclusive of London Weighting)
City and Islington College is a highly successful College with an ambitious growth plan and outstanding financial health. The College operates from five specialist Centres across the London Borough of Islington.
About the role:
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Student Counsellor to provide counselling to 16-18 age group and adults learners at our Centre for Applied Sciences. You will manage your own case load and work with other support staff to enable students to successfully complete their courses of study. Duties will include providing a welcoming first point of contact for counselling clients, clarifying the role of counselling in the College context, assessing student requirements including risk assessments, and agreeing the counselling service to be provided or referring where appropriate to external agencies.
About you:
You must have a qualification in higher education at degree level and have BACP or UKCP accreditation. Those who are in the process of obtaining accreditation will not be considered. You should have substantial post-qualifying experience of providing short-term counselling to a linguistically and culturally diverse client group with a high level of social need.
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 6th November 2016 (midnight)
TO APPLY: http://www.candi.ac.uk/work-for-us/vacancies/vacancies
As of 1st of August 2016, City & Islington and Westminster Kingsway Colleges have merged to create the first College Group in London. This exciting development will help secure City and Islington’s future at the forefront on skills training in London and widen opportunities for both its staff and students. We will be happy to talk more about the implications of this change on the role you have applied for during the final stages of the selection process.
City and Islington College is committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. The safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults is essential to all of our work at every level, in our employment practices and selection process. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure
About City and Islington College
- City and Islington College
- Marlborough Building, 383 Holloway Road, Holloway
- London
- N7 0RN
- United Kingdom
Our reputation is built on the success of our students and the hard work and dedication of our teaching and business support staff. We pride ourselves on the academic achievements of our staff and students and for leading the way in further education not just locally, but nationally and increasingly internationally.
We offer great opportunities for people who want to maximise their potential and achieve their career aspirations in an educational environment where innovation and creativity are essential for our continued success as a leading educational establishment.
We aim to be a first choice education employer in London and our record backs it up. In fact, our achievements either meet or exceed the new, exacting Investors In People standard. We provide staff with a great working environment and excellent terms and conditions of employment and salaries which are amongst the best in the FE sector.
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