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Student Counsellor

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Location
Norwich, Norfolk (GB)
Salary
£33,797 to £40,322 per
Closing date
2 Dec 2019

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Contributing to the success and wellbeing of the UEA student population, the Counsellor will work with a team of other counsellors, CBT practitioners, mental health and disability advisers within the Wellbeing Section of Student Services. The post holder will deliver one-off counselling sessions as well as one to one therapy, aimed at supporting students in managing low/medium level distress.

Holding a degree or having equivalent level of qualification or experience, you will be qualified to a minimum of Diploma level in Counselling/Psychotherapy. You must have substantial experience of assessing and working psychotherapeutically with a broad base of presenting problems, experience of working with and managing risk and have an understanding of the Higher Education context. As part of the role you will also be required to run therapeutic workshops.  

This appointment will be subject to a criminal record check at Enhanced level from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The post is available from 2 January 2020 on a full-time, fixed-term basis for a period of 1 year.

Applications from candidates from a minority ethnic background are particularly welcome as these groups are currently underrepresented within Student Services.

Closing Date:  2 December 2019.

To apply for this vacancy, please follow the online instructions at:

https://myview.uea.ac.uk/webrecruitment/

The University is a Silver Athena Swan Award holder.

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The University of East Anglia (UEA) is an internationally renowned university based in a campus that provides top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to students and staff. The University of East Anglia (UEA) has been ranked in the UK Top 30 by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, the Guardian University Guide 2023 and the Complete University Guide 2023. UEA has been ranked in the UK Top 20 for research quality in the Times Higher REF 2021 analysis.

A total of 16,872 students are currently studying at the University: 12,888 undergraduates and 3,984 postgraduates. This includes students from more than 100 countries worldwide.

The University employs approximately 3,800 staff, a third of whom work part-time. More than 1,600 staff are academic (including approx. 345 researchers) and the rest are administrative, technical or general staff. The University is piloting a Hybrid Working Policy which provides flexibility on work location for staff and agency workers in agreement with line managers. 

Located in 320 acres of rolling parkland just two miles from the centre of the cathedral city of Norwich, the University is adjacent to the Norwich Research Park which is home to over 1,000 scientists working in several world ranked institutions.

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Telephone
+44 (0)1603 456161
Location
NORWICH RESEARCH PARK
NORWICH
NORFOLK
NR4 7TJ
GB

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