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CrossReach Bluebell service offers counselling support to those struggling with the impact of perinatal difficulties (PND) expecting a baby or with a child under two.

Bluebells professional counsellors use their unique skills and expertise to enable their clients to explore their difficulties and support them to get to where they want to be.

As well as one to one counselling spaces, we can arrange regular crèche spaces to allow clients without childcare to engage with and access support. We also run baby massage groups.

Bluebell Perinatal Service are currently seeing clients face to face on Mondays and Tuesdays 9:30am – 4:30pm (last face to face appointment 3:30pm)

Bluebell Perinatal Service offers Distance Counselling by phone and secure NHS Attend Anywhere video calls, Monday to Thursday 9am – 7pm.

Interviews will be held on Thu 23rd February, Thu 2nd March and Wed 1st March and training will be held on 14th March and 22nd March. If you are successful you will be expected to attend both training days.

We ask that any students who apply are in at least their second year of a post graduate diploma course and have passed placement readiness process.

If there are any questions please email nicole.mackintosh@crossreach.org.uk

Main Function

Our CrossReach Counselling volunteers work across a range of specialities and locations; face-to-face, online and over the phone.  We work in supportive, holistic teams that deliver exceptional Counselling services to clients when they need it most, whilst consistently working to the highest professional and ethical standards.

Main Duties

• To provide a professional counselling service to clients
• To operate and work within CrossReach Counselling Services policy and procedures, including Confidentiality, Data Protection, Health and Safety and Safeguarding  
• To liaise effectively with your colleagues (e.g. service manager and administrative support)  
• To complete mandatory training provided by CrossReach
• To constructively contribute to supervision as per Service Supervision Agreement

 

Qualifications

Essential:

• Qualified with a Diploma in Counselling, Therapy or equivalent (or in training and working towards achieving this). 
• Membership of (or working towards membership of) a recognised professional body on a PSA accredited register e.g. HCPC, COSCA, BACP, BABCP or UKCP
• For those working remotely, to have undertaken a minimum of 80 hours CPD with an ACTO online training provider and/or completed sufficient training to demonstrate competence to meet BACP telephone and e-counselling competence. For students, distance counselling readiness sign-off from your training institution

Desirable:

• Qualified and experienced supervisors
• COSCA-Acredited trainers
• Specialist experience and training qualification in the following fields; substance use, trauma, perinatal, children and young people, couples/relationship.

 

Personal

• Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme
• We seek openness and respect towards CrossReach’s Christian Ethos

 

Skills and Abilities

Essential:

• A strong awareness of own emotions, with responsibility for and commitment to ensuring own self–care
• Ability to work from home (with access to a laptop/PC, phone and a secure Wi-Fi connection) and/or in Moray, Inverness, Glasgow or Edinburgh City Centre