Deputy Head of Counselling

Counselling Service

Permanent, 0.6FTE, 22.5 hours/3 days per week

About the Role

An exciting opportunity is available within Student Welfare and Support Services as we seek to appoint a Deputy Head of Counselling to join our vibrant, highly collaborative and forward-thinking service leadership team. You will work closely with the existing three Deputies, supporting the Head of Counselling in the clinical and strategic leadership, operational delivery and ongoing development of Counselling and Psychological Services at Oxford. You will take day to day responsibility for clinical decision making in relation to clients’ progression through the service, working closely with the administrative team, and will need the experience, confidence and flexibility to be able to step in to direct delivery of any aspect of service. You will recruit, induct, mentor and directly line manage staff in the clinical team, in addition to holding individual and group clinical supervision responsibilities.

You will be expected to develop and co-ordinate agreed projects in the service and across the University that would be likely to change over time, and will also hold a caseload of clinical work (including 1:1, group work, workshops and supervision). In addition, you will provide specialist information, advice and training across the collegiate University for those in welfare, pastoral and tutorial roles.

This is a multi-faceted role operating in a complex and demanding environment with an opportunity to be involved in developing a high quality clinical service, as well as overseeing day-to-day operations, with the overall goal of providing a positive experience for students at Oxford.

Please note working days for this post include working one ‘late’ evening to 8pm in term time.

About You

Candidates should be able to demonstrate

• Applicants must have British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Individual Counsellor Accreditation / UKCP Registration or equivalent body e.g. Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS); Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the case of a Psychologist (qualified as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist). 
• Experience and active interest in working within a multi-disciplinary team, particularly one where psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural and integrative approaches are widely practised. 
• Evidence of ability to take an active part in the educational and developmental role of the Service and to be able to make complex theoretical concepts accessible to a lay audience. 

For further detail on the nature of the role please see the job description,by clicking the 'Apply' button above. 

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

For further information please see the website at: Counselling services | Academic Support (ox.ac.uk).  If you would like to speak to someone about the role, please contact; Jane Harris, Co-Director & Head of Counselling: Jane.Harris@admin.ox.ac.uk

Please upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.  The supporting statement should demonstrate explicitly how you meet the selection criteria for this post.

The closing date is noon on Friday 17^th January 2025.  Interviews for those short-listed are expected to take place the week commencing Monday 27^th January 2025.

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