Counsellor/Therapist

An exciting new opportunity has arisen in Lancashire andSouth Cumbria which means that Barnardo's are recruiting staff, so if you areyou ready for a new challenge and are passionate about working with childrenand young people to support their emotional wellbeing, you might be just who weare looking for.

The Service:

The service will support the children and young people inLancashire and South Cumbria to grow up with healthy minds, feel confident andresilient and fulfil their potential. As part of the THRIVE Getting Help'model Barnardo's will provide therapeutic one to one, group work andcounselling support in the community.

The Service will have a number of bases across the area,however the locality for this role is North Lancashire, this coversLancaster/Morecambe down to Fylde/Wyre.

For this locality we have office bases in Blackpool orMorecambe that the successful candidate can work from.

We are looking for people who are passionate about:

• Children's and Young people's emotional health and wellbeing
• Improving outcomes for children and young people

Our team will have a number of vacancies across a number ofroles including:

The Role: Therapist

As a therapist you will provide one to one therapy acrossseveral modalities.

Successful candidates must have:

• Adiploma level qualification in counselling, child and adolescent psychotherapy, art, play, drama or music therapy which has included a practicum / placement of at least 100 hours of supervised practice.
• Considerable experience of delivering counselling to children and young people.
• A comprehensive understanding of children's safeguarding
• It would be beneficial to have access to a car due to the regular travel required in this role.

Although this contract has a permanent status, please beaware that this post is subject to continued funding and therefore should thisfunding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancyconsultation or a TUPE arrangement.

Additional Information:

You must demonstrate in your application that you currentlyuse the skills outlined above, and in the Job Description/PersonSpecifications, or have used them previously in employment, education,training, volunteering etc. This should be done with an understanding of thecontext of the service described.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond indelivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment toBarnardo'svalues.We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomesfor more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of ourpeople.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach topay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which wasrolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a keypillar of ourPeople &CultureStrategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to growand develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes ofprogression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, ourapproach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point ofthe pay band this ensures that pay progression steps are available to rewardour colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignmentto our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can befound upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of whatworks best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embracethis new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust,flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means differentthings to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may meanworking at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of ourCollaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children no matter who theyare, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about ourbasis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relatingto them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) isreflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area ofour work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusiveemployer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want toensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities weserve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus oninclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black,Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabledcandidates.

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