Counsellor Practice Supervisor
- Part time
- £28,560 – £31,212 pro-rata
- Glasgow
- Closing 21st April 2023
- Advertised from 28th March 2023
- 21 hours per week. Full flexibility of working hours. Flexible working, part-time hours, or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate
Role
The Practice Supervisor will manage and coordinate a high quality Practice Supervision service within GCA, ensuring all volunteers, students and alcohol counsellors receive appropriate practice supervision, support and guidance.
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
Organisation Profile:
Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.
Application notes
An application pack is available for download below.
If you need the application form in an alternative format please contact GCA, 14 North Claremont Street, Glasgow G3 7LE Tel: 0141 353 1800 or e-mail us at recruitment@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org.
No CV’s please, submit completed applications to: recruitment@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org
Please note: A PVG membership will be required for this post. This will be arranged by Glasgow Council on Alcohol.
Closing date for application: Friday 21st April 2023
Date of shortlist meeting to select candidates for Interview: Monday 24th April 2023 (pm)
Date of interview: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Date for feedback for candidates selected for interview: Friday 5th May 2023, 12 – 2pm
Date of appointment: ASAP
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Lead Course Tutor
- Part time
- £37,333 – £41,951 pro-rata
- Based within the GCA office in North Claremont Street, Glasgow with hybrid working (Hybrid)
- Closing 3rd May 2024
GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire
Role:
The Diploma in Integrative Counselling is 2-year course, credit rated at SCQF level 10 by the University of the West of Scotland, and validation from COSCA. GCA is one of the founding COSCA members and adheres to the COSCA ethical framework for good practice in counselling, psychotherapy and counselling skills. The course requires lead tutors who are accredited by COSCA to Diploma level or committed to work towards accreditation. Tutors should be experienced Counsellors who are accredited with an appropriate professional body, or working towards accreditation (e.g., COSCA/BACP/UKCP).
The Lead Course Tutor will have responsibility for two Diploma Courses, leading on one weekly class and one weekend class.
The Lead Course Tutor will be expected to contribute to a GCA CPD calendar, writing and delivering on content agreed with the Course Director.
The Lead Course Tutor will support the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of the Diploma in Integrative Counselling.
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
- Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
- 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
- Working for an employer focused on delivering its vision and mission by living its values of Respect, Empathy and Collaboration.
Organisation Profile:
Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.
With alcohol deaths rising and access to treatment at a ten-year low, Alcohol Focus Scotland’s role in advocating and supporting change has never been more important. Our Board has a vital role in ensuring the organisation is well-governed and able to deliver on our strategic plan.
Who we are
Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is Scotland’s national alcohol charity, committed to preventing and reducing harm to individuals, families, communities and Scotland as a whole.
Who we are looking for
We wish to recruit up to five new Directors to join our Board. In particular, we are looking for individuals who have skills, expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas of policy, practice and governance:
Policy and practice:
- public health, Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships or alcohol service provision research and or policy development in a relevant field (e.g. alcohol or commercial determinants of health, alcohol marketing)
- public affairs or campaigns
- the impact of alcohol on children, young people and families
- business development and delivery of training to external stakeholders
Governance:
- finance and fundraising
- charity and organisational governance (incl. human resources, equality and diversity, health and safety, data protection)
- legal knowledge relevant to AFS’s objectives (e.g. licensing law)
AFS is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work and Directors will be appointed on merit. We particularly welcome applications from people who will bring greater diversity to our Board, including from people with lived experience.
These positions are unpaid but travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Fife Alcohol Support Service (FASS) is Fife’s main third sector alcohol and substance misuse charity. FASS has been working on the frontline, supporting people through their issues with misuse and on to better lives for over 40 years now. Our many services range from therapeutic counselling to practical support, and we help individuals, their families and communities Fife-wide.
As our chosen candidate, you will extend this ethos of enablement throughout our dedicated teams. The organisation has evolved rapidly in recent years and we are now looking to consolidate and expand strengths across our range of services. On appointment, you will have the unique opportunity of taking FASS to its next stage of development.
You will be a dynamic individual—a visionary and great communicator. As our overall Head of Service, you will be a strategist, innovator and rational decision-maker, keen to embrace change. You will have excellent planning, analytical and negotiation skills and will steer the dedicated staff teams by example, creating an enhanced culture of collaboration and support. You will also understand the importance of a strong brand, both externally and internally, and work towards its creation.
As an experienced and effective leader, you will have sound knowledge of financial management, HR, IT and communications management and systems.
In return you will experience first-hand how FASS, under your leadership, will help people transform their lives.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Contribute to ADAPT’s (REACH TEAM) component of the Seek, Keep, Treat Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) provision within Hospitals and community locations across Fife, by providing case management, therapeutic psycho-social support and crisis/relapse intervention for patients/clients following medical treatment for alcohol and drug related conditions, accidents and overdoses.
The Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) will address the support and treatment needs of patients/clients who are most at risk because of their alcohol and/or drug use but who are least likely to make use of services.
The MDT service is delivered in line with ‘The Quality Principles: Standard Expectations of Care and Support in Drug and Alcohol Services’.
2. Act as a ‘Named Person’ whom patients/clients can rely on for contact and support during their journeys through services by establishing on-going therapeutic relationships that normally begin with contact in hospital and proceed into the community.
3. Provide Case Management for patients/clients ensuring linkage and communication between patients/clients and services. Liaise with Care Co-ordinators, Addictions Nurses, We Are With You Support Workers and specialist Pharmacist within the MDT and with other professionals within Health & Social Care, the Statutory and Third Sectors.
4. Provide Fife ADP Triage Assessment and Referral via FORT to other addiction services within statutory and third sectors. Ensure Triage Assessments are forwarded timeously to enable 90%+ of all Service Users to enter treatment within 21 days of referral date.
5. Provide Client Support with crisis intervention for clients who are living chaotically and/or are at risk of mental and physical trauma, overdose or self-harm and suicide.
6. Provide structured Motivational Interviewing and Psycho-Social therapeutic support for patients/clients who are not willing or ready to attend treatment and rehabilitation services following hospital.
7. Maintain records and provide information for service reporting in accordance with organisational policy and practice.
8. Participate in annual appraisal and regular supervision and be responsible for personal Continuous Professional Development.
9. Carry out any other duties that may reasonably be requested.
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