Psychodynamic Counsellor

About us

UCL’s Student Psychological and Counselling Services (SPCS) provide holistic support for all students at UCL through undertaking psychological assessments of individual students to help them identify and solve their problems and providing high-quality, time-limited individual Psychodynamic Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, psychiatric support and personal development workshops both face to face and online via telephone and video. We liaise with and refer to other professionals within and outside SPCS as appropriate, to provide optimal care/treatment planning for students.

About the role

The successful candidate will be required to provide time-limited individual and group Psychodynaminc Counselling to a diverse group of university students with a variety of presenting problems, ranging from mild distress to clinically significant disorders. They will also take part in the daily triaging rota of s! tudent re gistrations and, where appropriate, follow up within 24 hours any students of concern.

About you

The successful candidate would be UKCP, BPC or BACP accredited. They would have experience of providing short-term/brief individual Psychodynamic Counselling to individuals and groups, both face to face and online via telephone and video. They would have experience of working with students or young adults with people with a wide range of mental health problems which would include diagnosed mental health illnesses. They will need good computer skills with emails, Word and the use of a database for record keeping.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pens! ion schem e (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled peop! le; LGBTQ I+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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