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Volunteer Counsellor

Location Romford-Essex
Job ID 2024-13097
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services

Overview

Are you a BACP registered or accredited counsellor (to a minimum of level 4) or a second-year counselling student on a level 4 (or above) diploma? Do you want to work in an environment where you can use your counselling skills to achieve the best for people?

 

We are looking for volunteers who would like the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people who are directly and indirectly affected by alcohol and substance use. You will be expected to work in accordance with BACP guidelines and within our framework for counselling services, which promotes therapeutic safety and sound clinical governance.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Providing counselling within the principles and boundaries of confidentiality.
  • Maintaining appropriate boundaries in the therapeutic relationship.
  • Working within your level of competency.
  • Delivering counselling within a time-limited framework.
  • Ensuring timely records in line with our information governance requirements.
  • Receiving regular clinical supervision and line management. 
  • Following  our policies and procedures e.g., safeguarding children and adults.
  • Understanding and follow BACP ethical frameworks and codes of practice.

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Michelle Purse | michelle.purse@cgl.org.uk | 07435981652

 

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

 

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.