Counsellor, Guidance Counselor: Social​/Educational, Education ​/ Teaching

Overview

0.6 FTE / 21 Hours (Weekly)

The Department of Student Services wishes to appoint an experienced counsellor to work in its busy counselling service, providing time limited counselling to our students, and supervision to our volunteer counsellors when the placement provision is open.

• Work with the counselling service manager and other staff in the Department of Student Services and across the University, to improve access and engagement, especially from marginalised groups.
• Help to develop an innovative and responsive service to students and the University as a whole, helping students to transform their lives and maximise their potential.
• Assume specific responsibility for activities aimed at improving and widening engagement with the counselling service, including the provision of a drop-in service, offered to students remotely and in person.
• Attend relevant events to boost the profile of the counselling service within the university, creative approaches to raising awareness and destigmatising counselling, collaboration with colleagues in the counselling team, Students Union, Partnerships department, key contacts in partner institutions, and others where necessary.
• Provide relevant guidance and consultation to other counselling service staff, Student Services front office staff, Schools and other PSDs when required.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with external health services and specialist partner organisations in order to support students with complex and multiple needs, and to help streamline access to appropriate, tailored support pathways beyond the university.
• Take a data-informed approach to the design and delivery of workshops, groups and events, using service data and emerging trends to shape targeted activity.

This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Disability Confident

London Metropolitan University is a striving and ambitious institution committed to transforming the lives of its students through excellent education.

We are committed to making education available to people from all walks of life, creating and advancing social justice, social mobility and access to opportunity and professions. Our graduates benefit personally, but also contribute to society, culture, public service and the economy in all areas of London, the UK and around the world.