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University Counsellor

City St George’s, University of London - Student and Academic Services

Location: London
Salary: £49,794 to £56,021 per annum pro rata
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 4th October 2024
Closes: 31st October 2024
Job Ref: PRSV00896

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

Background

Student Health and Wellbeing comprises of four services - Counselling, Mental Health, Disability and Neurodiversity, and Engagement. Together the services offer advice, mentoring and psychological support to students during their time at the university.

Post-holders will be expected to be on campus 60% of their time, and will offer one appointment at 8.30am and another at 5pm, across different working days.

Responsibilities

You will be highly skilled at working with a wide range of therapeutic modalities. Maximising therapeutic engagement from the outset, and conducting comprehensive assessments to identify presenting issues, mental illness, risk and suitability for counselling. You will be adept at working within a time-limited integrative model including OAAT/SST. You will be competent in implementing and maintaining therapeutic and work boundaries. You will make clinically informed judgements regarding vulnerable students who require at-risk management and onward referral.

Person Specification

You will be an accredited counsellor with significant experience in time-limited integrative counselling within a University counselling service. You will be culturally competent and have the ability to manage complexity. You will have a good understanding of the intersectionality between mental health, disability and neurodiversity.

Please note applicants must hold BACP accreditation, UKCP, NCPS or BPS registration as a Counsellor / Psychotherapist / Counselling Psychologist. Applicants who do not meet the requirements for accreditation/registration will not be considered for this post.

Additional Information

Closing date: 31st October 2024 at 11:59pm.

The selection process will include a panel interview, presentation and group exercise. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

To apply and for more information about the post, please use the 'Apply' link above.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.

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