Counsellor/Team Leader

(Maternity Cover 1 year)

Salary Range: £36,924 - £45,163 pro rata

FTE: 0.4 (14 hours/week)

Term: Fixed (12 months)

Closing Date: 05/01/2025

Working in student counselling is exciting, vibrant, affirming and never dull. We would welcome you to join us to lead a team of skilled counsellors delivering a range of interventions to students ranging from assessment, single sessions, psychotherapeutic groups and brief counselling.

As part of the Disability and Wellbeing Team, you will report to the Disability and Wellbeing Manager. You will be a counsellor/Team Leader, working two days per week one day at home and one day on campus working back-shift, providing individual (no more than six sessions) and group therapy to students with a wide range of personal difficulties, to support their learning progression. You will be an accredited counsellor receiving professional supervision and work within the ethical framework of a relevant professional body and in accordance with University policy, strategy and regulations. You will also manage a small team of Student counsellors, and trainees, who will be working the same shift pattern.

For informal enquiries please contact Disability and Wellbeing Manager Sean McCann (sean.mccann@strath.ac.uk)