Clinical Supervisor

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: £21,548.13pa (£34,477pa FTE)

Permanent, Part Time (25 hours per week)

The first suitable applicant will be appointed.

YOU is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Portsmouth, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

Essential Requirements:

Essential evidence required against which short listing will take place and to be tested at assessment centre and interview.

• Professional qualification in counselling at Diploma level or above

• Be BACP accredited or equivalent (evidencing at least 3 years counselling experience post qualification, at least 450+ hours of supervised practice and appropriate personal and professional development)

• Hold a Counselling Supervision qualification at Diploma level or above

• Have at least one year’s experience of offering group supervision to counsellors in a relevant setting

• Have experience of supervising volunteer and/or student counsellors

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions

• Experience of planning, managing and delivering group training/programmes

• Excellent communication skills

• Adaptable and flexible approach and ability to work evenings and sometimes weekends in line with client and staff requirements (when agreed and planned)

• Good administrative skills

• Experience and knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

• Knowledge of diversity and inclusion

• Experience of completing risk assessments

The Role:

The YOU Clinical Supervisor is part of the YOU Counselling management team which will focus on supporting paid, volunteer and student counsellors from recruitment, induction to 1:1 and group clinical counselling supervision within YOU Counselling. The YOU Clinical Supervisor will work with counsellors and the Service Manager, to develop a programme of learning using your knowledge and skills to inform and deliver the training and grow a range of professional development opportunities. The YOU Clinical Supervisor will hold clinical responsibility for client work within the team and ensure clinical records are maintained to a high standard in line with any data protection requirements. This individual will support with the development of the service, including therapeutic group work and will work to ensure ethical and safe practice and promote professional development to enhance the quality and effectiveness of counselling.

About You:

• I promote, share and ensure compliance across YOU Counselling in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and NICE guidelines and lead ethical practice for all counsellors within YOU Counselling

• I am responsible for ensuring that YOU is, and remains an organisational member of BACP, completing the application and reviewing on a regular basis to ensure our membership remains current

• I will work with the Service Manager on the development and implementation of clinical processes, making sure they are in line with YOU’s existing practice, and ensure the service works within those

• I will work with the Service Manager to develop and deliver appropriate CPD opportunities for the team, in line with required professional development to support their practice

• I will work within the YOU Trusts safeguarding policies and am responsible for reporting and escalation, following YOU’s safeguarding and IRF processes

• I will work with the Service Manager and SPOC team to carry out triage and assessments with clients

• I will work with the Service Manager to capture client feedback and develop and facilitate client focus groups to support development of the service

• I will support the Service Manager in the day to day running of YOU Counselling Centres

• I will work with the Service Manager to support with SPOC team to provide maximum coverage for the service, including evenings and weekends and any helpline development and delivery

• I will lead on recruitment for all counsellors, working with the Service Manager where required

• I lead on the timetabling of rooms and allocation for counsellors, review any required equipment and identify as well as allocate resource for effective delivery of counselling and any therapeutic and psychoeducation group programmes

• I will form and maintain a supervisory alliance with counsellors and ensure an effective working process within the group

• I will maintain appropriate professional boundaries with counsellors, providing confidential supervision to support their development detailing clearly the limits of that confidentiality with regards to unsafe practice

• I will structure supervision sessions in collaboration within counsellors, ensuring that each member of YOU Counselling Centres is enabled to present and reflect on their clinical work

• I will use a range of methods to help the supervisee develop the quality and effectiveness of their counselling for the benefit of their clients and give accurate and constructive feedback on their work

• I will foster self-awareness of each counsellor’s level of knowledge, experience and stage of professional development and support with identifying appropriate CPD and training

• I will support the counsellors to monitor their wellbeing and fitness to practice, encouraging the use of their own personal therapy and other support resources if issues are identified

• I will ensure the counsellors assess and manage risk issues, specifically with regards to safe and ethical practice

• I will carry out case management, ensuring all notes are kept to a high standard and updated to the case management system

• I will hold a case load of clients

• I am committed to my professional development and maintaining my own BACP accreditation

• I am part of a fundraising, campaigns and community awareness team, working on my own initiative or with colleagues

• I may undertake any other reasonable tasks in relation to my role to ensure delivery of an outstanding, client-led service

Our Benefits:

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

*       Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.

*       Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.

*       Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.

*       Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.

*       Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.

*       Real opportunities to develop in your profession.

*       Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

*       Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!

*       Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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