Farsi Counsellor

Job title: Farsi speaking Counsellor/Psychotherapist/Psychologist

Salary: £32,076 (pro-rata)

Hours of work: 2 days (p/w)

Duration of contract: 1 year

Accountable to: Senior Counselling Psychologist

  Job Summary  

The post-holder will help Farsi speaking women who have experienced Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation and “Honour” Based Violence. Working in a confidential setting, counsellors listen attentively to their clients and offer them the time, empathy and respect they need to express their own feelings, to help them overcome their problems and to make appropriate changes to their life.

The post holder must be BACP or UKCP accredited (or equivalent e.g. HCPC) or training to achieve these accreditation

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Establishing a relationship of trust and respect with clients; To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions; making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. Develops treatment and guidance methods and give guidance using a variety of therapy and counselling techniques; To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of clients’ mental health problems based on an appropriate multi-factorial understanding of the client’s problems and current evidence-based best practice, taking into account the current NICE guidelines. Studies psychological factors in the treatment and prevention of mental illness or emotional and personality disorders; Maintains required contacts with education or other health professionals, as appropriate, and recommends possible solutions to problems presented; Encouraging clients to talk about issues they feel they cannot normally share with others; Accepting without bias the issues raised by clients; Helping clients towards a deeper understanding of their concerns; Attending supervision and training courses; Liaising with IKWRO’s staff, counselors and advisors; Working to agreed targets in relation to client contact; Undertaking group as well as individual therapy on occasions; Keeping records and writing reports.  

Other Duties

Being involved in the production of IKWRO, such as annual report; Representing IKWRO at meetings, seminars and conferences as directed; Attending all approved training courses; Undertaking evening and weekend work as required; Undertaking all duties in line with IKWRO’s equal opportunities and confidentiality policy; Being responsible for the safety of the building and undertake all duties in line with Health and Safety; Attending staff meetings and when directed management committee meetings; Undertake any other duties as may be required;