REPORTS TO: Project Coordinator of Tubbercurry FRC
ANNUAL LEAVE: * days (pro rata)
OTHER DETAILS: Garda Vetting, and satisfactory references, will be
sought prior to the successful candidate taking up the post.
ROLE SUMMARY
The Child & Adolescent Counsellor/ Psychotherapist will work with
children and young adolescents presenting with a range of
psychological difficulties and complex life experiences, such as
depression, anxiety, ADHD, types of abuse, grief, family breakdown,
domestic violence, and trauma within a community context. The Child &
Adolescent Counsellor/ Psychotherapist will work to support a child/
adolescent gain insight and understanding of their experiences, which
will increase emotional resilience, and develop coping strategies
while decreasing problematic behaviours and internalised conflicts.
They will work closely with the child’s parents/carers throughout
the therapy.
The Child & Adolescent Counsellor will provide the therapeutic and
counselling service in Tubbercurry FRC and manage an agreed caseload.
They are responsible for clinical governance reporting directly to the
Project Coordinator/ Board of Management of Tubbercurry FRC to ensure
the safe and effective delivery of therapeutic services, while working
in the best interest of the FRC.
They will also be fully integrated into the FRC holistic team and will
be part of a wraparound support model offered by the FRC to the
community.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
* Ensure the delivery of safe, high quality therapeutic
interventions and supports.
* Overseeing of clinical policies and procedures in delivering a
safe, high quality and effective community based clinical support
service. This includes the development and monitoring of local
clinical systems and processes from receipt of referral and initial
assessment to delivery of evidence informed interventions and routine
outcome measurements.
* Manage waiting list and appropriate allocation of participants in
consultation with Coordinator.
* Manage and access participants readiness for therapeutic support
while ensuring commitment to the limitations of the service.
* Maintain an agreed clinical caseload.
* Actively participate in a collective data collection/ outcome
measurement/ evaluation and overall policy development of the new
therapeutic enhanced supports.
* Promote and maintain the vision and work of Tubbercurry FRC, FRC
enhanced therapy supports and the FRC National Forum.
_PLEASE SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED BELOW._
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications to be returned by email to * or by
post or hand delivered to Project Coordinator at Tubbercurry Family
and Childcare Resource Centre, Mountain Road, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo
F * YR *
NO LATER THAN 5PM SEPTEMBER **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH, **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
