Black Country Women's Aid
Let us introduce ourselves…
Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking.
Services range from advocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions.
All services are client and needs-led.
The Therapeutic and Wellbeing Services:
Our Therapeutic and Wellbeing Services consists of an experienced team of counsellors and associates providing a range of modalities to counsel all genders of domestic and sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse.
Counselling is provided both face-to-face and online and up to 12 sessions is provided.
The service manages a waiting list as demand can be high.
Wellbeing services is a further offer that builds on a victim's confidence and assists to building a state of being healthy, happy, and comfortable, both physically and mentally.

This service strives to instil trust and confidence recognizing that we can never change what has happened, we can help to shape a positive future.
Job Role
Job Title: Children and Young Person's Counsellor
Positions available: Fixed term until March 2025, 15 hours (2 days per week) weekdays.
Salary: £25,946.10 (FTE) £11,551.20 (pro rata)
Closing date: Friday 9th February
Interview date: Week commencing 19th February 2024
BCWA reserve the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications are received
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams

Is this you?
We are looking for a qualified and experienced counsellor who has experience of working therapeutically with Children and Young people who have experienced trauma.
You will carry a caseload which includes all aspects of case management including risk assessment, arranging appointments, and all aspects of case administration.
The Role:
The successful candidate will provide person-centred age, appropriate therapeutic interventions to Children and Young people (5-18) identified by defined referral routes e.g.
Paediatric Sexual Assault Referral Centre (PSARC).
The position is located within the Therapeutic and Wellbeing Service and will play a vital role in helping Children and Young people cope and recover from their experience and avoid negative impact in later life.

The counsellor will work closely with colleagues across the organisation supporting Children and Young people including and especially the Children &Young People Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (CHISVA) and Young Person's Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor.

The post holder may be required at times to offer counselling to adults in line with the demands of the service.
You will be part of a busy team and undertake the necessary administration that accompanies the sessions/ team and liaise with professionals as necessary.
Safeguarding is at the centre of everything that we do.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.
Click "Apply" to be emailed information about how to complete your application.

CVs will not be accepted.
Important information for all positions

Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, Children and Young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
The post holder must be female.

Employment checks

As a responsible employer we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:

Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally.
To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally.

We, therefore, ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK.
A copy of these will be taken.
Once the successful candidate has been appointed the unsuccessful candidate's documents will be destroyed confidentially.
You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.

References

Following your interview, two employment references will be sought.
One of these should be your current or most recent employer.

If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:

, a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
, GP or health visitor
, a character reference from a person who knows you
, a civil servant from a government agency
, a bank manager

DBS

All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.