Proud to be the only Specialist Rape and Sexual Abuse Service in Kent to hold the National Service Standards of
Rape Crisis England and Wales and The Survivors Trust UKAS Accreditation for service provision
We do not offer services to any adult who has committed a sexual assault as an adult. StopSO UK - Tackling sexual abuse before it starts.
Children's Counsellor x 2
SALARY: £18.50 - £19.00 per hour
Part time: 12 hours per week
Our Vision
Our ultimate goal is to create a community where women and girls are free from all forms of sexual violence.
We want to achieve this by working within a feminist framework that allows change to be driven by equal human rights for everyone.
Our Mission
- Respond to and promote the needs of those who have suffered sexual violence through the empowering feminist model of work
- Reduce the impact of sexual violence by supporting, educating, informing and advocating for all survivors
- Challenge oppression in all forms
- Challenge societal attitudes that condone and collude with sexual violence.
PURPOSE OF JOB
We are delighted to be recruiting for 2 children's counsellors to work across Thanet outreach with children in KS2 and KS3 supporting vulnerable children who have been affected by sexual violence.
Your reporting centre will be based in Canterbury however your work will be based in the Thanet area.
Come and join our supportive network of women and make a real difference.
General Duties
- Attend and participate in regular training, staff meetings, supervision and other service meetings as necessary within the EKRCC team.
- Be committed to personal and professional development and undertake relevant training and CPD opportunities.
- Maintain up to date knowledge on issues relevant to survivors of sexual violence.
- To provide effective and safe case management.
- To manage a trauma informed streamlines pathway between survivors and our services.
- To provide administrative support to service teams.
Requirements
- CYP qualified counsellor.
- Evidence of solid experience working with CYP who have experienced trauma.
- Knowledge and experience of working with issues of rape and sexual abuse.
- A commitment to identifying and challenging inequalities.
- Membership of either BACP and/or UKCP.
- Experience of carrying out assessments, risk assessments and support planning with clients.
- Knowledge and experience of working in blended approach formats.
- Knowledge and experience of working with safeguarding and child protection issues, policies and procedures.
- Experience of working with very vulnerable and traumatised individuals and their unique needs.
- Knowledge and understanding of child development, transitions and mental health in the context of the impacts of rape and sexual abuse.
- Experience of working with schools and multi-agency working processes.
- Ability to establish and maintain ethical and professional successful working relationships with children, parents/carers and a wide range of professional.
- Own car essential.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
The closing date is the 12th of July 2021.
Application deadline: 12/07/2021
Job Types: Part-time, C0mmission
Salary: £18.50-£19.00 per hour
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