Volunteer Trainee Counsellor Placement Opportunity
Hereford Sixth Form College
Herefordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Unpaid position
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 11 June 2023
Job overview
The Heart of Mercia Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), formed on 1 April 2019 and delivers post 16 education in Hereford, Stourbridge and Worcester. Hereford Sixth Form College is part of this Trust. The MAT has an annual budget of £28m and serves the needs of 5,500 students across the region.
Hereford Sixth Form College has over 2000 full-time 16-19 students and an excellent reputation for its results and extra-curricular provision. Rated Ofsted outstanding in 2007 and again in 2023, the College consistently achieves one of the highest Advanced Level points scores per entry of over 100 SFC’s nationally and has outstanding value added results as measured by both the ALIS and ALPS systems.
Hereford Sixth Form College Well-Being Centre offers confidential support, information and short - term counselling to students at our Well-Being Centre, within the wider framework of tutorial and pastoral support. We are seeking a volunteer trainee counsellor who is working towards their level 4/5 in Counselling training and who seeks counselling hours/experience of working with young people.
What we can offer
·A well-structured, supportive counselling placement in line with BACP guidance Good Practice in Action Factsheet 090
·On-line Induction training at the College prior to seeing students including safeguarding training
·In-house weekly clinical/managerial supervision provided by an experienced BACP accredited counsellor
·A caseload of up to four students, allocated to the volunteer trainee counsellor following an initial assessment appointment with one of the Senior Counsellors
·Development of counselling skills and expertise in counselling young people and the issues that affect them
What we are looking for:
·A trainee counsellor who is seeking experience of working in a College setting with young people
·We ask for commitment of one day per week: on Fridays 8.30am – 4pm, term time only, for a minimum of an academic year, commencing September 2023
· Experience of having had a significant period of personal therapy
·The volunteer trainee counsellor will be required to undertake a DBS check and to complete the College Safeguarding and Prevent Training at the start of the placement
·The volunteer trainee counsellor will be a member of BACP and will practise in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy or the BCP/UKCP equivalent
All posts are subject to two satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 11th of June 2023
Interview date: Friday the 23rd of June 2023
Attached documents
About Hereford Sixth Form College
About the College:
A comprehensive, open-access sixth form college of 2100 16-19 students.
Located in a pleasant cathedral city in unspoilt countryside but within easy travelling distance of Birmingham and Cardiff with rail-links to London.
A College which received an outstanding OFSTED report, with Leadership and Management graded outstanding, 4 curriculum areas graded outstanding and the remaining 3 good.
What we offer to staff:
Excellent induction and staff development programmes for NQTs and experienced teachers.
The opportunity to work in strong departmental teams of enthusiastic teachers who are excellent role models
for less experienced staff.
Considerable experience of supporting NQTs to gain QTS for secondary schools and the SFC sector.
The chance to work with well motivated and enthusiastic students in a high quality learning environment.
Excellent career development opportunities in 16-19 education arising from experience in a highly regarded
sixth form college.
Excellent pay and conditions with the opportunity to gain performance payments as in schools.
A friendly community in which to work, free membership of our on-site fitness centre and regular social
events for staff from informal gatherings at the end of the week to dinners and theatre visits.
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