Volunteer Counsellor/Therapist

The Source Young People's Charity is a local Christian Charity based in Aldershot. We celebrate diversity, and our doors are always open to anyone regardless of faith or background. Our core values are: Expressing God’s Love, Rooted in Prayer, Igniting Hope, Renewal, Acceptance & Inclusion, and Empowering.

We are looking for Volunteer Counsellors/Therapists to help us support and empower Young People aged 14-25 years, living in Aldershot and the neighbouring towns.

The role responsibilities include: providing weekly sessions in our office, online or over the phone to help support Young People develop emotional intelligence, self-esteem and resilience. Support can be short-term, or longer based on the needs of Young People.

Role description and information:

As a Counsellor/Therapist you would have the privilege of:

·         Seeing a young person’s life transformed

·         Supporting them to build resilience, emotional intelligence and positive self-esteem

·         Help them to develop essential life skills

·         Assist them to make informed choices

·         Provide emotional support where young people are facing difficulties.

Key Tasks:

•        Delivering 1:1 counselling/Therapy sessions at our premises. We accept practitioners trained in different modalities.  

•        Sessions can be either online, over the phone or face to face.

•       We can also consider practitioners trained to support parents of young people. 

•        To be committed to the values of The Source and share in our mission to support young people to transform their lives.

•       To participate in ongoing training as required, online and in the office.

•        To attend regular clinical supervision.  

•  To establish a positive and supportive therapeutic relationship with a young person and be a source of encouragement to develop their emotional intelligence, self-esteem and resilience.
•   To provide committed and personalised support to a young person based on their individual needs
•      Sessions to be consistent, at the same time and day where possible.
•   To keep records as required.
•  To adhere to the policies and practice of The Source. In particular to safeguard the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults to prevent abuse.
•  To complete expense sheets and submit these in the allotted time frames.

Skills

Counsellors needs to be at least on an approved level 4 course (or equivalent) certified by BACP or NCS or other regulatory body.  We will also accept relevant practitioners and therapists from other regulated bodies.