Counsellor

UE07: £36,333.00 - £43,155.00 Per Annum Pro Rata

USG / Student Services / Staff Counselling Service

Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Part Time - 12 Hours per Week

We are looking for a qualified and experienced counsellor/psychotherapist to undertake individual work with University of Edinburgh staff members at our busy Staff Counselling Service.

The Opportunity:

The post is part time - 12 hours per week (0.34fte) and the working hours are Tuesdays (8:30am to 4:30pm) and Thursdays (8:30am to 1:30pm) at the Moray House Lodge Counselling Centre.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• You will be educated to graduate level
• Have a recognised professional qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy with previous, post-qualifying, counselling practice
• Have experience working within a staff counselling service
• You should be interested in working in a team and have a clear understanding of how the organisational context impacts on therapeutic decisions
• Knowledge of counselling in a workplace environment and be skilled in practising brief therapy
• You will be accredited by BACP (or equivalent) or be working towards accreditation

The University Counselling Service is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Applications from BAME counsellors are particularly welcome

Interviews will be held: week beginning 3 rd July 2023

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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